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Checklist for Superfamily Muscoidea Latreille, 1802
and region California (West USA, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		677
9087
31848		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		672
9069
31825		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		644
8948
31525		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		415
7174
26279		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies		109
1478
5678		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies		82
1122
4289		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
60
770
2406		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Section
 		Schizophora
Becher, 1882
56
635
2012		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 		Calyptratae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Calyptrate muscoids		14
324
932		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Muscoidea
Latreille, 1802
5
79
420		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for California
5 Families width 420 Species
Anthomyiidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Anthomyiid flies177SpeciesTaxom
Fanniidae Schnabl & Dz..., 1911Latrine flies21SpeciesTaxom
Heleomyzidae (Westwood, 1840)Heleomyzid flies66SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies140SpeciesTaxom
Scathophagidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Dung flies16SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Muscoidea with occurrences in California
FamilyAnthomyiidae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Anthomyiid flies, Cabbage flies, Flower flies, Maggots, Root maggots, Root-maggot flies		20
177		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyFanniidae
Schnabl & Dziezicki, 1911
Latrine flies, Little house flies		2
21		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyHeleomyzidae
Westwood, 1840
Heleomyzid flies		16
66		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyMuscidae
Latreille, 1802
Face flies, Horn flies, House flies, Muscid flies, Stable flies, Tsetse flies		33
140		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyScathophagidae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Dung flies, dung fly, Dung-Flies, Scats		8
16		Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Muscoidea at artfakta.se
Muscoidea at dyntaxa.se
Muscoidea at marinespecies.org