AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Ornithomyini Costa, 1846
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
611
11863
34633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
608
11859
34631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
579
11701
34157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
379
9752
30015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
98
1705
4482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
77
1410
3503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
59
1047
2666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
55
850
1790
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Calyptratae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Calyptrate muscoids
13
418
635
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoboscoidea
Samouelle, 1819
2
29
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHippoboscidae
Samouelle, 1819
Keds, Louse Flies, Louse Fly
15
72
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHippoboscinae
Brues & Melander, 1932
6
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeOrnithomyini
Costa, 1846
5
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Costa Rica
5 Genera with 12 Species
Icosta Speiser, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Olfersia Leach, 18854SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoctona Speiser, 18855SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolynchia Bequaert, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Stilbometopa Coquillett, 19303SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
12 Species and 3 Subspecies
Icosta (Ornithoponus) angustifrons Wulp, 1903
Icosta albipennis Say, 1823
Olfersia bisulcata Macquart, 1847Watermelon
Olfersia bisulcata vulturis Wulp, 1903
Olfersia fossulata Macquart, 1843
Olfersia sordida Bigot, 1885
Ornithoctona erythrocephala Leach, 1817
Ornithoctona erythrocephala robusta Wulp, 1893
Ornithoctona fusciventris Wiedemann, 1830
Ornithoctona fusciventris pilosula Wulp, 1903
Ornithoctona nitens Bigot, 1885
Pseudolynchia canariensis Macquart, 1839Louse fly
Stilbometopa fulvifrons Walker, 1849
Stilbometopa podopostyla (Speiser, 1904)⇒ Icosta albipennis Say, 1823
Stilbometopa ramphastonis Ferris, 1930


Links, sources and further information
Ornithomyini at itis.gov