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Checklist for Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
and region Elgin County (Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
364
2265
3389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
363
2263
3387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
2194
3250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
241
1835
2817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
60
323
405
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
48
249
307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
36
200
234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
52
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
15
20
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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


Genera for Elgin County
15 Genera with 20 Species
Anevrina Lioy, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1901Ant-decapitating Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Borophaga Enderlein, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Hypocera Lioy, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19266SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Metopinagroup
0SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 2015Millipede-killing Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Elgin County
20 Species
Anevrina luggeri Aldrich, 1892
Apocephalus antennatus Malloch, 1913
Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901
Borophaga fuscipalpis Schmitz, 1952
Chaetopleurophora multiseriata Aldrich, 1903
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
Megaselia albicaudata Wood, 1910
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia pulicaria Fallen, 1823
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Melaloncha diastata Brown, 2006
Myriophora borealis Hash & Brown, 2015

Subnodes of Phoroidea with occurrences in Elgin County
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorid flies, Phorids, Scuttle Flies, scuttle fly
15
20
Genera
Species

Taxom