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Checklist for Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833 (Coffin Flies)
and region Nova Scotia (East Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
483
4679
10528
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
481
4675
10525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
458
4577
10265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
328
3935
9011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
88
835
1611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
67
591
1149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
53
477
922
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
94
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
23
42
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
23
42
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nova Scotia
23 Genera with 42 Species
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Aenigmatias Meinert, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Anevrina Lioy, 19085SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1901Ant-decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Borophaga Enderlein, 17661SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Conicera Meigen, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Hypocera Lioy, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Kerophora Brown, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 192620SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Metopinagroup
0SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907
Fire Ant Decapitating Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Triphleba Rondani, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Trophithauma Schmitz, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom
Trucidophora Brown, Franc..., 1991
0SpeciesTaxom
Veruanus Schmitz, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nova Scotia
42 Species
Anevrina curvinervis Becker, 1901
Anevrina macateei Malloch, 1913
Anevrina olympiae Aldrich, 1903
Anevrina thoracica Meigen, 1804
Anevrina variabilis Brues, 1908
Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901
Borophaga subsultans Linnaeus, 1766
Conicera dauci Meigen, 1830
Conicera similis (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Conicera tibialis Schmitz, 1925
Diplonevra nitidula (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Dohrniphora incisuralis Loew, 1866
Gymnophora fastigiorum Schmitz, 1952
Gymnophora subarcuata Schmitz, 1952
Hypocera ehrmanni Aldrich, 1903
Hypocera mordellaria Fallen, 1823
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia aristalis Malloch, 1914
Megaselia citrinella Buck & Disney, 2001
Megaselia conglomerata Malloch, 1912
Megaselia diversa Wood, 1909
Megaselia eccoptomera Schmitz, 1927Variableleaf false ohelo
Megaselia fungivora (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia lutea Meigen, 1830
Megaselia nigriceps Loew, 1866
Megaselia plebeia Malloch, 1914
Megaselia pleuralis Wood, 1909
Megaselia pulicaria Fallen, 1823
Megaselia robusta Schmitz, 1928
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia sepulchralis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia spinigera Wood, 1908
Megaselia subpalpalis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia sulphurizona Borgmeier, 1966
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Melaloncha diastata Brown, 2006
Phora atra (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Phora carlina Schmitz, 1930Hillside false ohelo
Triphleba lugubris (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Triphleba papillata Wingate, 1906
Trophithauma rostratum Melander & B..., 1903

Subnodes of Phoridae with occurrences in Nova Scotia
SubfamilyAenigmatiinae
Schmitz, 1926
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
11
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhorinae
Curtis, 1833
9
15
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