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Checklist for Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833 (Coffin Flies)
and region Brisbane (South East Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
300
2003
3155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
299
2002
3155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
284
1943
3073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
197
1664
2749
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
36
196
352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
28
161
259
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
18
100
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
39
67
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 Brisbane
3 Genera with 4 Species
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19602SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brisbane
4 Species
Chonocephalus heymonsi Stobbe, 1913
Dohrniphora monochaeta (Borgmeier, 1961)⇒ Dohrniphora papuana Brues, 1905
Megaselia biseta Beyer, 1960
Megaselia semihyalina Beyer, 1960

Subnodes of Phoridae with occurrences in Brisbane
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