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Checklist for Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
and region Virginia Falls (Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
159
677
736
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
159
677
736
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
155
673
733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
132
626
693
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
53
294
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
40
183
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
32
156
200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
29
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
6
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Virginia Falls
1 Family width 14 Species
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies14SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Virginia Falls
6 Genera with 14 Species
Aenigmatias Meinert, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Borophaga Enderlein, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 192611SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Virginia Falls
14 Species
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia citrinella Buck & Disney, 2001
Megaselia diversa Wood, 1909
Megaselia eccoptomera Schmitz, 1927Variableleaf false ohelo
Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia lutea Meigen, 1830
Megaselia pulicaria Fallen, 1823
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia sepulchralis Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia spinigera Wood, 1908
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Phora occidentata Malloch, 1912

Subnodes of Phoroidea with occurrences in Virginia Falls
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorid flies, Phorids, Scuttle Flies, scuttle fly
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom