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Checklist for Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833 (Coffin Flies)
and region Toronto (Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
1946
2617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
315
1946
2617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
305
1930
2593
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
227
1647
2257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
64
443
602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
50
301
406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
38
246
331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
51
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
16
23
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
16
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Toronto
16 Genera with 23 Species
Anevrina Lioy, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1901
Ant-decapitating Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Borophaga Enderlein, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Conicera Meigen, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Hypocera Lioy, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 192612SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Metopinagroup
0SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Triphleba Rondani, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Trophithauma Schmitz, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Toronto
23 Species
Anevrina thoracica Meigen, 1804
Borophaga clavata Loew, 1866
Chaetopleurophora rubricornis Borgmeier, 1962
Conicera dauci Meigen, 1830
Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Diplonevra nitidula (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Gymnophora fastigiorum Schmitz, 1952
Hypocera ehrmanni Aldrich, 1903
Hypocera mordellaria Fallen, 1823
Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris Loew, 1866Coffin fly
Megaselia albicaudata Wood, 1910
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia aristalis Malloch, 1914
Megaselia diversa Wood, 1909
Megaselia fungivora (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia nigriceps Loew, 1866
Megaselia pulicaria Fallen, 1823
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia subpalpalis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Triphleba lugubris (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Triphleba papillata Wingate, 1906

Subnodes of Phoridae with occurrences in Toronto
SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
7
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhorinae
Curtis, 1833
8
9
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