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Checklist for Tribe Metopinini Enderlein, 1924
and region Southeast Brazil (Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
490
6922
16136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
489
6921
16135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
468
6849
15979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
289
5336
12590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
73
1109
2689
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
54
819
1562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
41
621
1001
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
68
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
37
80
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
37
80
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
21
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMetopinini
Enderlein, 1924
20
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southeast Brazil
20 Genera with 43 Species
Acanthophorides Lacordaire, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Acontistoptera Brues, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1958Ant-decapitating Flies12SpeciesTaxom
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Cremersia Schmitz, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Diocophora Borgmeier, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Ecitoptera Borgmeier & ..., 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 1835
0SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19965SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosicarius Borgmeier, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Neodohrniphora Malloch, 20015SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Phymatopterella Brues, 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Physoptera Borgmeier, 1958
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1914Fire Ant Decapitating Flies12SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Rhyncophoromyia Malloch, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Syneura Brues, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Woodiphora Schmitz, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast Brazil
43 Species
Acontistoptera brasiliensis Schmitz, 1914
Apocephalus (Apocephalus) piliventris Borgmeier, 1925
Apocephalus attophilus Borgmeier, 1928
Apocephalus bispinosus Borgmeier, 1928
Apocephalus ctenicoxa Brown, 2002
Apocephalus luteihalteratus Borgmeier, 1923
Apocephalus mortifer Borgmeier, 1937
Apocephalus mucronatus Borgmeier, 1958
Apocephalus paraponerae Borgmeier, 1958
Apocephalus quadriglumis Borgmeier, 1961
Apocephalus roeschardae Brown, 2000
Apocephalus spinosus Brown, 1997
Apocephalus velutinus Borgmeier, 1958
Diocophora armigera Borgmeier, 1925
Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris Loew, 1866Coffin fly
Megaselia concava Borgmeier, 1925
Megaselia glandularis Borgmeier, 1958
Megaselia kolana Schmitz, 1928
Megaselia tomatoae Woolf, 1996
Melaloncha (Udamochiras) ronnai Borgmeier, 1935
Melaloncha sinistra Borgmeier, 1971
Myrmosicarius grandicornis Borgmeier, 1928
Neodohrniphora bragancai Brown, 2001
Neodohrniphora curvinervis Malloch, 1914
Neodohrniphora elongata Brown, 2001
Neodohrniphora erthali Brown, 2001
Neodohrniphora tonhascai Brown, 2001
Phalacrotophora nedae Malloch, 1971
Phalacrotophora petropolitana Borgmeier, 1925
Pseudacteon affinis Borgmeier, 1962
Pseudacteon borgmeieri Schmitz, 1923
Pseudacteon conicornis Borgmeier, 1962
Pseudacteon curvatus Borgmeier, 1925Fire ant decapitating fly
Pseudacteon nudicornis Borgmeier, 1925
Pseudacteon obtusitus Plowes, Folg..., 2015
Pseudacteon obtusus Borgmeier, 1925Fire ant decapitating fly
Pseudacteon pradei Borgmeier, 1925
Pseudacteon pusillus Borgmeier, 1968
Pseudacteon solenopsidis Schmitz, 1914
Pseudacteon tricuspis Borgmeier, 1925Fire ant decapitating fly
Pseudacteon wasmanni Schmitz, 1914
Puliciphora melanis Schmitz, 1951
Syneura cocciphila Coquillett, 1895


Links, sources and further information
Metopinini at itis.gov