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Checklist for Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833 (Coffin Flies)
and region Antarctica (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
252
1072
1459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
252
1072
1459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
242
1055
1443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
174
909
1210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
46
176
242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
32
102
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
26
84
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
2
15
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Antarctica
3 Genera with 4 Species
Diplonevra Lioy, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Antarctica
4 Species
Diplonevra nitidula (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006

Subnodes of Phoridae with occurrences in Antarctica
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhorinae
Curtis, 1833
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Phoridae at artfakta.se
Phoridae at dyntaxa.se
Phoridae at gbif.org
Phoridae at irmng.org
Phoridae at itis.gov
Phoridae at marinespecies.org