Checklist of Superfamily Oestroidea Leach, 1815
for Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 235
1257
1816 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 235
1257
1816 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 228
1230
1769 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 155
969
1415 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 41
152
204 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies | 32
107
125 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
| 23
72
74 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Schizophora
Becher, 1882
| 20
60
65 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Calyptratae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Calyptrate muscoids | 5
20
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Oestroidea
Leach, 1815
| 3
14
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Virgin Islands
3 Families width 16 Species
Genera for Virgin Islands
14 Genera with 16 Species | Argyrophylax Brauer & von..., 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blaesoxipha Loew, 1994 | Grasshopper Flesh Flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calliphora Robineau-Des..., 1830 | Bluebottle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calocarcelia Townsend, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cochliomyia Townsend, 1775 | New World screwworm fly | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cynomya Robineau-Des..., 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1826 | Greenbottle Flies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nemorilla Rondani, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Peckia Robineau-Des..., 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pollenia Robineau-Des..., 1834 | Attic flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prospalaea Aldrich, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Retrocitomyia Lopes, 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tachina Meigen, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tromodesiana Townsend, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Virgin Islands
16 Species | Argyrophylax albincisa Wiedemann, 1830 | | | Blaesoxipha mona Pape, 1994 | | | Calliphora (Calliphora) vicina Robineau-Des..., 1830 | Blow Fly | | Calocarcelia cingulata Fabricius, 1805 | | | Cochliomyia aldrichi Del Ponte, 1938 | | | Cochliomyia macellaria Fabricius, 1775 | Secondary screw worm fly | | Cynomya cadaverina Robineau-Des..., 1830 | Carolina vetch | | Lucilia illustris Meigen, 1826 | Blow fly | | Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) | ⇒ Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830 | | Lucilia silvarum Meigen, 1826 | Common toad fly | | Nemorilla trivittata Wiedemann, 1830 | | | Peckia chrysostoma Wiedemann, 1830 | | | Pollenia pediculata (Macquart, 1834) | ⇒ Polleniinae pediculata Macquart, 1834 | | Prospalaea insularis Brauer & Ber..., 1891 | | | Tachina occidentalis Wiedemann, 1830 | | | Tromodesiana thomae Wiedemann, 1830 | |
Subnodes of Oestroidea with occurrences in Virgin Islands | Family | Calliphoridae
Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
Blow flies, Blow Fly, Blow-flies, Blowflies, Blue-bottles, Bluebottles, Carrion flies, Cluster flies, Green-bottles, Greenbottles | 5
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sarcophagidae
Macquart, 1834
Flesh flies, flesh fly, Flesh-fly, Woodlouse flies | 3
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tachinidae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Bristle Flies, Parasite flies, Parasitic Flies, Tachina flies, Tachinid Flies, Tachinids | 6
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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