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Checklist for Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
and region Toronto Zoo (Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
189
804
905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
189
804
905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
187
801
902
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
154
712
811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
43
238
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
30
128
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
21
101
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
3
29
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
11
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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


Genera for Toronto Zoo
11 Genera with 10 Species
Anevrina Lioy, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Borophaga Enderlein, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Hypocera Lioy, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19266SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Metopinagroup
0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Trophithauma Schmitz, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Toronto Zoo
10 Species
Borophaga clavata Loew, 1866
Diplonevra nitidula (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Hypocera mordellaria Fallen, 1823
Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris Loew, 1866Coffin fly
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia fungivora (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia subpalpalis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006

Subnodes of Phoroidea with occurrences in Toronto Zoo
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorid flies, Phorids, Scuttle Flies, scuttle fly
11
10
Genera
Species

Taxom