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Checklist for Tribe Physocephalini SMITH & PETERSON, 1987
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
1210
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
925
2782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
56
566
1127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
52
475
879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
245
425
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Conopoidea
Latreille, 1802
Thick-headed flies
1
11
39
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyConopidae
Latreille, 1802
Thick-headed Flies, Thick-Headed Fly
11
39
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyConopinae
Latreille, 1802
7
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePhysocephalini
SMITH & PETERSON, 1987
3
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
3 Genera with 17 Species
Dacops Speiser, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Physocephala Schiner, 19337SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophysocephala Kröber, 19629SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
17 Species
Dacops abdominalis Krober, 1915
Physocephala braunsi Krober, 1931
Physocephala brevistylata Krober, 1931
Physocephala halterata Brunetti, 1925
Physocephala interrupta
Physocephala maculipes Bigot, 1887
Physocephala nigroscutellata (Krober, 1933)⇒ Physocephala maculipes Bigot, 1887
Physocephala ruficoxa Krober, 1933
Pseudophysocephala barbata Camras, 2001
Pseudophysocephala capensis Krober, 1931
Pseudophysocephala constricta Krober, 1915
Pseudophysocephala fenestralis Krober, 1939
Pseudophysocephala hirta Krober, 1939
Pseudophysocephala microvena Brunetti, 1925
Pseudophysocephala platycephala Loew, 1853
Pseudophysocephala pubescens Brunetti, 1925
Pseudophysocephala rufitarsis Camras, 1962


Links, sources and further information
Physocephalini at itis.gov