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Checklist for Tribe Metopinini Enderlein, 1924
and region Iceland (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
405
3158
5581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
405
3158
5581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
386
3117
5530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
277
2599
4758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
82
728
1482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
62
486
967
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
52
404
823
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
75
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
21
37
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
21
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
11
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMetopinini
Enderlein, 1924
10
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Iceland
10 Genera with 31 Species
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1924Ant-decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Diocophora Borgmeier, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Kerophora Brown, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 192226SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907
Fire Ant Decapitating Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iceland
31 Species
Apocephalus (Mesophora) borealis Brues, 1924Zombie flies
Gymnophora subarcuata Schmitz, 1952
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Megaselia agarici Lintner, 1895
Megaselia albicaudata Wood, 1910
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia aristalis Malloch, 1914
Megaselia cirriventris Schmitz, 1929Skottsberg's false ohelo
Megaselia citrinella Buck & Disney, 2001
Megaselia diversa Wood, 1909
Megaselia eccoptomera Schmitz, 1927Variableleaf false ohelo
Megaselia fungivora (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia giraudii (Egger, 1862)⇒ Megaselia plurispinulosa Zetterstedt, 1860
Megaselia hirtiventris Wood, 1909
Megaselia longicostalis Wood, 1912
Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia lutea Meigen, 1830
Megaselia nigriceps Loew, 1866
Megaselia parnassia Disney, 1986
Megaselia plebeia Malloch, 1914
Megaselia pleuralis Wood, 1909
Megaselia plurispinulosa Zetterstedt, 1860
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia simulans Wood, 1912
Megaselia sordida (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Megaselia woodi Lundbeck, 1922
Megaselia spinigera Wood, 1908
Megaselia subpalpalis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Megaselia woodi Lundbeck, 1922
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Melaloncha diastata Brown, 2006


Links, sources and further information
Metopinini at itis.gov