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Checklist for Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
and region Galápagos (Ecuador)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
300
1579
2577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
297
1573
2569
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
289
1551
2539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
178
1139
1784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
219
352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
38
189
305
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
30
149
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
18
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
5
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Galápagos
1 Family width 11 Species
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Galápagos
5 Genera with 11 Species
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoptera Lioy, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 19603SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Galápagos
11 Species
Chonocephalus dominicanus Borgmeier, 1967
Chonocephalus heymonsi Stobbe, 1913
Dohrniphora cornuta Bigot, 1857Hump-backed fly
Gymnoptera simplex Brues, 1905
Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris Loew, 1866Coffin fly
Megaselia edenensis Disney, 2008
Megaselia peckorum Disney, 2008
Megaselia seticauda Malloch, 1914
Puliciphora borinquenensis Wheeler, 1906Hump-backed fly
Puliciphora occidentalis Melander & B..., 1903
Puliciphora sobria Borgmeier, 1960

Subnodes of Phoroidea with occurrences in Galápagos
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorid flies, Phorids, Scuttle Flies, scuttle fly
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom