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Checklist for Family Nemestrinidae Macquart, 1834 (Tangle-veined flies)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
127
3884
28408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
98
3054
20697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
14
719
6965
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nemestrinoidea
Macquart, 1834
3
29
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNemestrinidae
Macquart, 1834
Tangle-veined flies, Tangle-veined fly
11
74
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
11 Genera with 74 Species
Atriadops Wandolleck, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Hirmoneura Meigen, 18685SpeciesTaxom
Hyrmophlaeba Rondani, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Moegistorhynchus Macquart, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Nemestrinus Latreille, 191412SpeciesTaxom
Neorhynchocephalus Lichtwardt, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Nycterimyia Lichtwardt, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Prosoeca Schiner, 192039SpeciesTaxom
Stenobasipteron Lichtwardt, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Trichophthalma Westwood, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Trichopsidea Westwood, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
74 Species
Atriadops cinnamonea Brunetti, 1929
Atriadops javana Wiedemann, 1824
Atriadops vespertilio Loew, 1858
Hirmoneura brevirostrata Bigot, 1857
Hirmoneura maculipennis Macquart, 1850
Hirmoneura nubipennis Rondani, 1863
Hirmoneura punctipennis Philippi, 1865
Hirmoneura strobelii Rondani, 1868
Moegistorhynchus braunsi Bequaert, 1935
Moegistorhynchus brevirostris Wiedemann, 1821
Moegistorhynchus longirostris Wiedemann, 1819
Moegistorhynchus perplexus Bequaert, 1935
Nemestrinus abdominalis Olivier, 1811
Nemestrinus aegyptiacus Wiedemann, 1828
Nemestrinus ater Olivier, 1810
Nemestrinus escalerai Arias, 1913
Nemestrinus fasciatus Olivier, 1811
Nemestrinus fascifrons Bigot, 1888
Nemestrinus hermanni Lichtwardt, 1909
Nemestrinus nigrovillosus Lichtwardt, 1909
Nemestrinus pieltaini Gil Collado, 1934
Nemestrinus rufipes Olivier, 1810
Nemestrinus striatus Lichtwardt, 1907
Nemestrinus surcoufi Arias, 1914
Neorhynchocephalus mendozanus Lichtwardt, 1910
Nycterimyia bezzii Lichtwardt, 1925
Nycterimyia capensis Bezzi, 1924
Nycterimyia nairobensis (Bequaert, 1935)⇒ Nycterimyia capensis Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca accincta Wiedemann, 1830
Prosoeca atra Macquart, 1846
Prosoeca beckeri Lichtwardt, 1920
Prosoeca caffraria Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca circumdata Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca connexa Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca difficile Bequaert, 1925
Prosoeca flavipennis Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca fusca Loew, 1860
Prosoeca ganglbaueri Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca handlirschi Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca ignita Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca lata Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca lichtwardti Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca longipennis Loew, 1858
Prosoeca longirostris Macquart, 1846
Prosoeca macularis Wiedemann, 1828
Prosoeca major Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca marinusi Barraclough,..., 2018
Prosoeca minimum Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca nigripes Macquart, 1840
Prosoeca nitidula Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca obscura Westwood, 1835
Prosoeca oldroydi Hull, 1958
Prosoeca olivacea Brunetti, 1929
Prosoeca ornata Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca peringueyi Lichtwardt, 1920
Prosoeca pygmaea Hull, 1958
Prosoeca pygmea Hull, 1958
Prosoeca quinque Lichtwardt, 1920
Prosoeca robusta Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca rubicunda Bezzi, 1924
Prosoeca sublineata Bequaert, 1926
Prosoeca umbrosa Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca variabilis Loew, 1858
Prosoeca variegata Loew, 1858
Prosoeca westermanni Wiedemann, 1821
Prosoeca willowmorensis Lichtwardt, 1910
Prosoeca zuluensis Lichtwardt, 1920
Stenobasipteron arnoldi Bequaert, 1925
Stenobasipteron gracile Lichtwardt, 1910
Stenobasipteron minimum (Bezzi, 1924)⇒ Prosoeca minimum Bezzi, 1924
Stenobasipteron wiedemanni Lichtwardt, 1910
Trichophthalma (Eurygastromyia) subaurata Westwood, 1835
Trichophthalma niveibarbis Bigot, 1857
Trichopsidea costata Loew, 1857

Subnodes of Nemestrinidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyAtriadopinae
Bernardi, 1973
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHirmoneurinae
Loew, 1860
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNemestrininae
Macquart, 1834
3
53
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrichopsideniae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrichopsidiinae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Nemestrinidae at gbif.org
Nemestrinidae at irmng.org
Nemestrinidae at itis.gov