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Checklist for Tribe Metopinini Enderlein, 1924
and region Eastern Ontario (Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
475
4160
8046
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
474
4158
8044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
451
4058
7780
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
321
3472
6774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
801
1560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
68
577
1115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
52
462
905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
94
200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
26
57
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
26
57
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
12
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMetopinini
Enderlein, 1924
11
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eastern Ontario
11 Genera with 35 Species
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1901Ant-decapitating Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Diocophora Borgmeier, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19523SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 191221SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1944Fire Ant Decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhyncophoromyia Malloch, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Ontario
35 Species
Apocephalus (Mesophora) borealis Brues, 1924Zombie flies
Apocephalus antennatus Malloch, 1913
Apocephalus asyndetus Brown, 2000
Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901
Gymnophora fastigiorum Schmitz, 1952
Gymnophora luteiventris Schmitz, 1952
Gymnophora subarcuata Schmitz, 1952
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Megaselia albicaudata Wood, 1910
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia aristalis Malloch, 1914
Megaselia citrinella Buck & Disney, 2001
Megaselia diversa Wood, 1909
Megaselia eccoptomera Schmitz, 1927Variableleaf false ohelo
Megaselia fungivora (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia halterata Wood, 1910Mushroom fly
Megaselia hirtiventris Wood, 1909
Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia nigriceps Loew, 1866
Megaselia perplexa Malloch, 1912
Megaselia plebeia Malloch, 1914
Megaselia pleuralis Wood, 1909
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia spinigera Wood, 1908
Megaselia subpalpalis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia sulphurizona Borgmeier, 1966
Megaselia ursina Malloch, 1912
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Megaselia winnemana Malloch, 1912
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Melaloncha diastata Brown, 2006
Phalacrotophora epeirae Brues, 1902
Phalacrotophora longifrons Brues, 1906
Pseudacteon onyx Steyskal, 1944Fresno mat
Rhyncophoromyia conica Malloch, 1912


Links, sources and further information
Metopinini at itis.gov