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Checklist for Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833 (Coffin Flies)
and region Galápagos Islands (Galápagos, Ecuador)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
289
1508
2421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
286
1503
2414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
279
1482
2385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
175
1089
1670
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
47
206
321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
37
176
274
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
29
137
218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
17
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
5
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
5
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Galápagos Islands
5 Genera with 11 Species
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoptera Lioy, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 19603SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Galápagos Islands
11 Species
Chonocephalus dominicanus Borgmeier, 1967
Chonocephalus heymonsi Stobbe, 1913
Dohrniphora cornuta Bigot, 1857Hump-backed fly
Gymnoptera simplex Brues, 1905
Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris Loew, 1866Coffin fly
Megaselia edenensis Disney, 2008
Megaselia peckorum Disney, 2008
Megaselia seticauda Malloch, 1914
Puliciphora borinquenensis Wheeler, 1906Hump-backed fly
Puliciphora occidentalis Melander & B..., 1903
Puliciphora sobria Borgmeier, 1960

Subnodes of Phoridae with occurrences in Galápagos Islands
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhorinae
Curtis, 1833
2
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