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Checklist for Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
and region Fiji (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
292
2001
4417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
292
2001
4417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
286
1980
4363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
184
1536
3519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
55
295
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
42
216
465
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
32
165
288
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
25
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
5
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Fiji
1 Family width 10 Species
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Fiji
5 Genera with 10 Species
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Woodiphora Schmitz, 19662SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fiji
10 Species
Chonocephalus americanus Borgmeier, 1963
Chonocephalus dorsalis (Wandolleck, 1898)⇒ Chonocephalus heymonsi Stobbe, 1913
Chonocephalus heymonsi Stobbe, 1913
Chonocephalus palposus Schmitz, 1928
Dohrniphora fijiensis Disney, 1990Toad bug
Megaselia aneura Malloch, 1935
Megaselia excisoides Beyer, 1966
Puliciphora lucifera Dahl, 1897Hump-backed fly
Woodiphora fijiensis Disney, 1989
Woodiphora salomonis Beyer, 1966

Subnodes of Phoroidea with occurrences in Fiji
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorid flies, Phorids, Scuttle Flies, scuttle fly
5
10
Genera
Species

Taxom