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Checklist for Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
and region Albemarle County (Virginia, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
301
1445
2002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
300
1444
2001
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
281
1374
1879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
200
1170
1615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
51
161
191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
42
138
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
29
105
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
37
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
12
20
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Albemarle County
1 Family width 20 Species
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies20SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Albemarle County
12 Genera with 20 Species
Anevrina Lioy, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1903Ant-decapitating Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Hypocera Lioy, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 2015Millipede-killing Flies1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Albemarle County
20 Species
Anevrina luggeri Aldrich, 1892
Anevrina olympiae Aldrich, 1903
Apocephalus antennatus Malloch, 1913
Apocephalus brunnipes Brown, 1993
Apocephalus paulus Borgmeier, 1963
Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901
Apocephalus wheeleri Brues, 1903
Chaetopleurophora multiseriata Aldrich, 1903
Chonocephalus americanus Borgmeier, 1963
Diplonevra nitidula (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Dohrniphora cornuta Bigot, 1857Hump-backed fly
Dohrniphora incisuralis Loew, 1866
Gymnophora luteiventris Schmitz, 1952
Hypocera americana Borgmeier, 1962
Hypocera ehrmanni Aldrich, 1903
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Megaselia plebeia Malloch, 1914
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Myriophora borealis Hash & Brown, 2015

Subnodes of Phoroidea with occurrences in Albemarle County
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorid flies, Phorids, Scuttle Flies, scuttle fly
12
20
Genera
Species

Taxom