Checklist for Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 352
2671
5038 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 351
2670
5037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 343
2630
4959 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 220
1988
3673 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 61
376
703 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 46
279
458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
| 37
222
358 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Aschiza
Becher, 1882
| 3
31
60 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
| 1
14
17 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Puerto Rico
1 Family width 17 Species
Genera for Puerto Rico
14 Genera with 17 Species | Aphiochaeta Brues, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Chaetocnemistoptera Borgmeier, 1923 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conicera Meigen, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coniceromyia Borgmeier, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diplonevra Lioy, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Johowia Silva Figueroa, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrocerides Borgmeier, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megaselia Rondani, 1969 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Metopina Macquart, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Physoptera Borgmeier, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1925 | Fire Ant Decapitating Flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Puliciphora Dahl, 2005 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stichillus Enderlein, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Puerto Rico
17 Species | Aphiochaeta macrochaeta (Malloch, 1912) | ⇒ Megaselia macrochaeta Malloch, 1912 | | Chaetopleurophora formosa Borgmeier, 1969 | | | Conicera latimana (Malloch, 1924) | ⇒ Coniceromyia latimana Malloch, 1924 | | Coniceromyia latimana Malloch, 1924 | | | Diplonevra picea Borgmeier, 1969 | | | Johowia chilensis Silva Figueroa, 1916 | | | Macrocerides brevicornis Borgmeier, 1969 | | | Megaselia basichaeta Borgmeier, 1969 | | | Megaselia fausta Borgmeier, 1969 | | | Megaselia macrochaeta Malloch, 1912 | | | Megaselia perspicua Borgmeier, 1969 | | | Metopina reflexa Borgmeier, 1969 | | | Physoptera parastigmatica Borgmeier, 1966 | | | Pseudacteon tricuspis Borgmeier, 1925 | Fire ant decapitating fly | | Puliciphora borinquensis Wheeler, 1906 | | | Puliciphora jacquemarti Disney, 2005 | | | Stichillus flavicinctus Enderlein, 1924 | |
Subnodes of Phoroidea with occurrences in Puerto Rico
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