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Checklist for Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
and region Louisiana (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
420
3632
7047
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
419
3629
7044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
397
3553
6870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
271
2937
5698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
345
554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
42
247
377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
31
166
214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
26
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Louisiana
1 Family width 5 Species
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Louisiana
5 Genera with 5 Species
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosicarius Borgmeier, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907Fire Ant Decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Louisiana
5 Species
Chonocephalus heymonsi Stobbe, 1913
Chonocephalus jamaicensis (Brues, 1915)⇒ Chonocephalus heymonsi Stobbe, 1913
Megaselia longipennis Malloch, 1912
Myrmosicarius texanus Greene, 1938
Pseudacteon crawfordi Coquillett, 1907Ant parasite

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

Taxom