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Checklist for Infraorder Muscomorpha Woodley, 1989
and region Palau (Micronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
1164
1850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
1164
1850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
208
1113
1774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
129
778
1258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
40
173
442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
29
98
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
25
77
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Palau
25 Families width 150 Species and 1 Subspecies
#SAMTDCNELHPOX
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies6SpeciesTaxom
Asteiidae Rondani, 1856Asteiid Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies33SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies10SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies31SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies4SpeciesTaxom
Streblidae Kolenati, 1863Bat flies1SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae (Brauer & Ber..., 1889)Blow flies10SpeciesTaxom
Coelopidae (Hendel, 1910)Kelp Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Nycteribiidae Samouelle, 1819Bat Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tethinidae Hendel, 1916Tethinid flies5SpeciesTaxom
Milichiidae Schiner, 1862Filth flies2SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies7SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies2SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies10SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae (Samouelle, 1819)Keds1SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies9SpeciesTaxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798Stilt Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies7SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Xenasteiidae Hardy, 19802SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Palau
77 Genera with 150 Species
#ABCDEGHIJLMNOPRSTWX
Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1963Stripetails1SpeciesTaxom
Asteia Meigen, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Atherigona Rondani, 1965Shoot Flies7SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 18498SpeciesTaxom
Baeodrosophila Wheeler & Ta..., 19643SpeciesTaxom
Blaesoxipha Loew, 1839Grasshopper Flesh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Brachytarsina Macquart, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Calodrosophila Wheeler & Ta..., 19641SpeciesTaxom
Cephalispa Malloch, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1843Hairy Maggot Blow Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Coelopa Meigen, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Coenosia Meigen, 1965Tiger Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Cosmina Robineau-Des..., 18742SpeciesTaxom
Cyclopodia Kolenati, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Dasyrhicnoessa Hendel, 19744SpeciesTaxom
Desmometopa Loew, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Dettopsomyia Lamb, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Dichaetomyia Malloch, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Discomyza Meigen, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Dissoptera Edwards, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 2006Fruit fly7SpeciesTaxom
Eristalinus Rondani, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Gonioxyna Hendel, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Graphomya Robineau-Des..., 19181SpeciesTaxom
Graptomyza Weidemann, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopapuaia Vockeroth, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Haematobia Lepeletier &..., 19061SpeciesTaxom
Hecamede Halida, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemipyrellia Townsend, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Hirtodrosophila Duda, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Homoneura Wulp, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Hydrotaea Robineau-Des..., 19102SpeciesTaxom
Isomyia Walker, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Japanagromyza Sasakawa, 02SpeciesTaxom
Leucophenga Mik, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Limnophora Robineau-Des..., 19282SpeciesTaxom
Liriomyza Mik, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Lispe Latreille, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Lispocephala Pokorny, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Lissocephala Malloch, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaea Fallen, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1826Greenbottle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Lynchia Weyenbergh, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19677SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Microdrosophila Malloch, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Mimegralla Rondani, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Monoceromyia Shannon, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Musca Linnaeus, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Mycodrosophila Oldenberg, 19644SpeciesTaxom
Nesiodrosophila Wheeler & Ta..., 19641SpeciesTaxom
Norrbomia Papp, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Notogramma Loew, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Orasiopa Zatwarnicki ..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Orchisia Rondani, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Pachytarsella Richards, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Paramycodrosophila Duda, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Parvisquama Malloch, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Pemphigonotus Lamb, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Penthosiosoma Townsend, 01SpeciesTaxom
Placopsidella Kertesz, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Poecilosomella Duda, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Polytrichophora Cresson, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonapomyza Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorhicnoessa Malloch, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Pygophora Schiner, 19654SpeciesTaxom
Rachispoda Lioy, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1958Common Flesh Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Scaptodrosophila Duda, 19644SpeciesTaxom
Scholastes Loew, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Spathulina Rondani, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Trachyopella Duda, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Tropicomyia Spencer, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Woodiphora Schmitz, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Xenasteia Hardy, 19802SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Palau
150 Species and 1 Subspecies
Allograpta (Allograpta) citronella Shiraki, 1963
Asteia acrosticalis Sabrosky, 1957
Atherigona dybasi Snyder, 1965
Atherigona laeta Wiedemann, 1830
Atherigona neoatripalpis Snyder, 1965
Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868Broadleaf water-milfoil
Atherigona oryzae Malloch, 1925Corn seedling maggot
Atherigona sabroskyi Snyder, 1965Southern California sand cockroach
Atherigona tobi Snyder, 1965
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) albistrigata Meijere, 1911White striped fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) frauenfeldi Schiner, 1868Mango fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) melastomatos Drew & Hancock, 1994
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) opacovitta Drew & Romig, 2013
Bactrocera (Gymnodacus) calophylli Perkins & May, 1949
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) caudata Fabricius, 1805
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899Melon fly
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) tau Walker, 1849Fruit fly
Baeodrosophila discolor Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Baeodrosophila pallens Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Baeodrosophila pubescens Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Blaesoxipha (Blaesoxipha) rufipes Macquart, 1839Flesh fly
Brachytarsina carolinae Maa, 1967
Calodrosophila phalerosa Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Cephalispa gressitti Snyder, 1965
Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794Blow fly
Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart, 1843Blow fly
Coelopa palauensis (Timberlake, 1980)⇒ Coelopa alluaudi Seguy, 1941
Coenosia bimorpha Snyder, 1965
Cosmina bicolor Walker, 1856
Cosmina pinangiana (Bigot, 1874)⇒ Cosmina bicolor Walker, 1856
Cyclopodia albertisii Rondani, 1878
Dasyrhicnoessa insularis Aldrich, 1931Tethinid fly
Dasyrhicnoessa phyllodes (Sasakawa, 1994)⇒ Dasyrhicnoessa tripunctata Sasakawa, 1974
Dasyrhicnoessa sexseriata Hendel, 1913
Dasyrhicnoessa tripunctata Sasakawa, 1974
Desmometopa flavipalpis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa terminalis Sabrosky, 1983
Dettopsomyia formosa Lamb, 1914Pomace fly
Dichaetomyia sabroskyi Snyder, 1965
Dichaetomyia vicaria Walker, 1859
Discomyza maculipennis Wiedemann, 1824Shore fly
Dissoptera palauensis Shiraki, 1963
Drosophila (Drosophila) fumifera Reinhard, 1943
Drosophila (Drosophila) hypocausta Osten Sacken, 1882
Drosophila (Drosophila) polychaeta Patterson & ..., 1942Macartney rose
Drosophila (Hirtodrosophila) novicia (Wheeler & Ta..., 1964)⇒ Hirtodrosophila novicia Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Drosophila (Sophophora) kikkawai Burla, 1954Fruit fly
Drosophila (Sophophora) nesoetes Bock & Wheeler, 1972
Drosophila ophthalmitis Tsacas, 2006
Eristalinus (Eristalodes) taeniops Wiedemann, 1818Band-eyed drone fly
Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) aurulans Wiedemann, 1824
Gonioxyna conopea (Dirlbek & Di..., 1972)⇒ Campiglossa quadriguttata Hendel, 1927
Graphomya rufitibia Stein, 1918
Graptomyza oceanica Shiraki, 1963
Graptomyza uchiyamai Shiraki, 1930
Gymnopapuaia palau Snyder, 1965
Haematobia exigua De Meijere, 1906Buffalo fly
Hecamede (Hecamede) granifera Thomson, 1868Shore fly
Hemipyrellia tagaliana Bigot, 1877
Hirtodrosophila novicia Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Homoneura (Homoneura) acrostichalis De Meijere, 1915
Homoneura (Homoneura) signatifrons Kertesz, 1900
Hydrotaea chalcogaster Wiedemann, 1824House fly
Hydrotaea spinigera (Stein, 1910)⇒ Hydrotaea hennigi Pont, 1986
Isomyia caeruleocincta Bigot, 1877
Isomyia dotata Walker, 1856
Isomyia micans Bigot, 1874
Japanagromyza eucalypti Spencer, 1962
Japanagromyza eucalypti eucalypti
Leucophenga argentata Meijere, 1914
Leucophenga bellula Bergroth, 1894
Limnophora carolina Snyder, 1965
Limnophora mesolissa Bezzi, 1928
Liriomyza palauensis Spencer, 1963
Lispe albifacies Malloch, 1929
Lispe fuscipalpis Malloch, 1929
Lispe incerta Malloch, 1925
Lispocephala beardsleyi Snyder, 1965
Lispocephala dispersa Snyder, 1965
Lispocephala pectinata Stein, 1900
Lissocephala metallescens Meijere, 1914
Lissocephala sabroskyi Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Lonchaea belua Mcalpine, 1964
Lonchaea sabroskyi Mcalpine, 1964
Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830Australian sheep blowfly
Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)⇒ Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830
Lynchia chalcolampra (Speiser, 1904)⇒ Icosta chalcolampra Speiser, 1904
Megaselia chrysophora Beyer, 1967
Megaselia micronesiae Beyer, 1967
Megaselia palpella Beyer, 1967
Megaselia parabasiseta Bohart, 1947
Megaselia seiuncta Beyer, 1967
Megaselia setaria Malloch, 1912Hump-backed fly
Megaselia tenebricior Beyer, 1967
Melanagromyza albisquama Malloch, 1927
Melanagromyza metallica Thomson, 1869
Melanagromyza sojae Zehntner, 1900Soya miner
Microdrosophila (Microdrosophila) ochracella Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Microdrosophila (Microdrosophila) pleurolineata Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Microdrosophila (Oxystyloptera) distincta Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Mimegralla albimana Doleschall, 1856
Musca (Musca) domestica (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Fannia canicularis Linnaeus, 1761
Musca hervei Villeneuve, 1922
Mycodrosophila (Mycodrosophila) amabilis Meijere, 1911
Mycodrosophila (Mycodrosophila) carola Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Mycodrosophila (Mycodrosophila) gratiosa Meijere, 1911
Mycodrosophila (Mycodrosophila) gressitti Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Nesiodrosophila lindae (Wheeler & Ta..., 1964)⇒ Dichaetophora lindae Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Norrbomia marginatis Adams, 1905
Notogramma cimiciformis Loew, 1868
Ophiomyia atralis Spencer, 1961
Ophiomyia cornuta De Meijere, 1910Leafminer fly
Ophiomyia phaseoli Tryon, 1895Bean fly
Orasiopa mera Cresson, 1939Shore fly
Orchisia costata Meigen, 1826
Pachytarsella boharti Richards, 1963
Paramycodrosophila parapictula Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Paramycodrosophila pictula Meijere, 1911
Parvisquama bifurcata Snyder, 1965
Parvisquama ciliata Malloch, 1929
Pemphigonotus vixen Curran, 1936
Penthosiosoma pictipenne
Placopsidella cynocephala Kertesz, 1901Lanceleaf springbeauty
Placopsidella grandis Cresson, 1925Shore fly
Placopsidella liparoides Meijere, 1916
Poecilosomella punctipennis Wiedemann, 1824Dung fly
Polytrichophora brunneifrons Meijere, 1916
Pseudonapomyza spicata Malloch, 1914Leafminer fly
Pseudorhicnoessa spinipes Malloch, 1914
Puliciphora pulex Dahl, 1898
Pygophora minuscula Snyder, 1965
Pygophora palauensis Snyder, 1965
Pygophora respondens Walker, 1859Muscid fly
Pygophora tarsaseta Snyder, 1965
Rachispoda disciseta Richards, 1963
Rachispoda subtinctipennis Brunetti, 1913
Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux (Thomson, 1869)⇒ Sarcophaga kohla Johnston & H..., 1923
Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) variabilis Lopes, 1958
Sarcophaga (Sarcosolomonia) carolinensis Lopes, 1958
Scaptodrosophila fuscopalpis Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Scaptodrosophila palauana Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Scaptodrosophila scaptomyzoidea Duda, 1923
Scaptodrosophila setifera Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Scholastes cinctus Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Spathulina acroleuca Schiner, 1868
Trachyopella (Nudopella) collinella Richards, 1946
Trachyopella (Trachyopella) lutea Richards, 1963
Tropicomyia atomella Malloch, 1914
Woodiphora curtissima Beyer, 1967
Xenasteia divergens Hardy, 1980
Xenasteia palauensis Hardy, 1980

Subnodes of Muscomorpha with occurrences in Palau
SectionAschiza
Becher, 1882
2
8
15
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SectionSchizophora
Becher, 1882
23
69
135
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Muscomorpha at itis.gov
Muscomorpha at marinespecies.org