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Checklist for Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833 (Coffin Flies)
and region Canberra (Australian Capital Territory, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
262
1201
1388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
262
1201
1388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
250
1183
1361
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
183
1000
1166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
47
152
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
36
101
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
27
75
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
18
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
7
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
7
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Canberra
7 Genera with 3 Species
Diplonevra Lioy, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 1992
Millipede-killing Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907
Fire Ant Decapitating Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Triphleba Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canberra
3 Species
Megaselia pleuralis Wood, 1909
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006

Subnodes of Phoridae with occurrences in Canberra
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhorinae
Curtis, 1833
2
0
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