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Checklist for Subfamily Metopininae Macquart, 1835
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
1210
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
925
2782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
56
566
1127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
91
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
19
36
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
19
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
10
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
10 Genera with 28 Species
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1901Ant-decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 196521SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907
Fire Ant Decapitating Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Syneura Brues, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Trucidophora Brown, Franc..., 1991
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
28 Species
Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901
Gymnophora fastigiorum Schmitz, 1952
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Megaselia abalienata Beyer, 1965
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia chrysopyge Beyer, 1965
Megaselia diversa Wood, 1909
Megaselia eccoptomera Schmitz, 1927Variableleaf false ohelo
Megaselia fungivora (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia immodesta Beyer, 1965
Megaselia lutea Meigen, 1830
Megaselia morani Disney, 1982
Megaselia nigriceps Loew, 1866
Megaselia parvorata Disney, 1991
Megaselia percaeca Beyer, 1965
Megaselia pictella Beyer, 1965
Megaselia plebeia Malloch, 1914
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia subpalpalis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia surophila Disney, 1991
Megaselia tama Schmitz, 1926
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Megaselia vorata Disney, 1991
Megaselia xanthopyga Beyer, 1965
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Melaloncha diastata Brown, 2006
Puliciphora stuckenbergi Disney, 1988
Syneura luciola Borgmeier, 1925

Subnodes of Metopininae with occurrences in Cape
TribeMetopinini
Enderlein, 1924
9
28
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Metopininae at itis.gov