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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
552
4888
10238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
550
4884
10233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
523
4755
9881
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
357
3942
8143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
751
1418
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
569
1042
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
46
408
688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
112
249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
29
80
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Virginia
1 Family width 80 Species
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies80SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Virginia
29 Genera with 80 Species
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Anevrina Lioy, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1963Ant-decapitating Flies11SpeciesTaxom
Archiphora Schmitz, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Borophaga Enderlein, 17664SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Conicera Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Hirotophora1SpeciesTaxom
Hypocera Lioy, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Hypocerides Schmitz, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Kerophora Brown, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Mallochphora Disney, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 191226SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 2015Millipede-killing Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Physoptera Borgmeier, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Prioriphora McAlpine & M..., 19992SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Rhyncophoromyia Malloch, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Spiniphora Malloch, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Stichillus Enderlein, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Triphleba Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Triphlebia1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Virginia
80 Species
Anevrina luggeri Aldrich, 1892
Anevrina olympiae Aldrich, 1903
Anevrina setigera Loew, 1874
Apocephalus (Mesophora) borealis Brues, 1924Zombie flies
Apocephalus (Mesophora) coquilletti Malloch, 1912
Apocephalus antennatus Malloch, 1913
Apocephalus brunnipes Brown, 1993
Apocephalus disparicauda Borgmeier, 1963
Apocephalus paulus Borgmeier, 1963
Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901
Apocephalus setialvus Brown, 1993
Apocephalus unitarsus Brown, 1993
Apocephalus wheeleri Brues, 1903
Apocephalus wirthi Borgmeier, 1963
Archiphora pria D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Borophaga clavata Loew, 1866
Borophaga fuscipalpis Schmitz, 1952
Borophaga okellyi (Schmitz, 1937)⇒ Borophaga subsultans Linnaeus, 1766
Borophaga subsultans Linnaeus, 1766
Chaetopleurophora erythronota Strobl, 1892
Chaetopleurophora multiseriata Aldrich, 1903
Chaetopleurophora rubricornis Borgmeier, 1962
Chonocephalus americanus Borgmeier, 1963
Conicera barberi Malloch, 1913
Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Diplonevra hamata Borgmeier, 1962
Diplonevra nitidula (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Dohrniphora cornuta Bigot, 1857Hump-backed fly
Dohrniphora incisuralis Loew, 1866
Gymnophora luteiventris Schmitz, 1952
Hirotophora multiseriata Aldrich, 1904
Hypocera americana Borgmeier, 1962
Hypocera ehrmanni Aldrich, 1903
Hypocerides nearcticus Borgmeier, 1966
Kerophora sicula Brown, 1988
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Mallochphora orphnephiloides Malloch, 1912
Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris Loew, 1866Coffin fly
Megaselia aciculata Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia aequalis Wood, 1909
Megaselia agarici Lintner, 1895
Megaselia bimaculata Borgmeier, 1966
Megaselia brevicostalis Wood, 1910
Megaselia breviterga Lundbeck, 1921
Megaselia capta Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia carlynensis Malloch, 1912
Megaselia cavifemur Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia chainensis Disney, 1985
Megaselia cribella Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia croeciclava Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia deltomima Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia diplothrix Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia juli Brues, 1908
Megaselia marginalis Malloch, 1912
Megaselia meconicera Speiser, 1925
Megaselia palpata Brues, 1919
Megaselia perichaeta Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia plebeia Malloch, 1914
Megaselia proclinata Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia semicrocea Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia tamoides Borgmeier, 1964
Megaselia winnemana Malloch, 1912
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Myriophora borealis Hash & Brown, 2015
Myriophora jeffersoni Hash & Brown, 2015
Phalacrotophora epeirae Brues, 1902
Phalacrotophora longifrons Brues, 1906
Phora aerea Schmitz, 1930Hillside false ohelo
Phora atra (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Physoptera apicinebula Malloch, 1924
Prioriphora casei D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Prioriphora luzzii D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Puliciphora virginiensis Malloch, 1912
Rhyncophoromyia conica Malloch, 1912
Spiniphora spinulosa Malloch, 1912
Stichillus johnsoni Brues, 1903
Stichillus rectilineatus Schmitz, 1952
Triphleba varipes Malloch, 1912
Triphlebia leptoneura

Subnodes of Phoroidea with occurrences in Virginia
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorid flies, Phorids, Scuttle Flies, scuttle fly
29
80
Genera
Species

Taxom