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Checklist for Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833 (Coffin Flies)
and region Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
180
676
738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
180
676
738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
180
676
738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
145
567
619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
47
218
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
35
141
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
30
122
153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
29
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
8
15
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
8
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
8 Genera with 15 Species
Diplonevra Lioy, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 192612SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907
Fire Ant Decapitating Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
15 Species
Diplonevra nitidula (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Dohrniphora incisuralis Loew, 1866
Megaselia agarici Lintner, 1895
Megaselia albicaudata Wood, 1910
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia aristalis Malloch, 1914
Megaselia diversa Wood, 1909
Megaselia halterata Wood, 1910Mushroom fly
Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia pulicaria Fallen, 1823
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia subpalpalis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia sulphurizona Borgmeier, 1966
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006

Subnodes of Phoridae with occurrences in Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
5
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhorinae
Curtis, 1833
3
2
Genera
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