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Checklist for Tribe Physocephalini SMITH & PETERSON, 1987
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
105
2119
11931
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
85
1661
8714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
67
1174
5774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
63
1025
5021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
48
608
2719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Conopoidea
Latreille, 1802
Thick-headed flies
1
20
110
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyConopidae
Latreille, 1802
Thick-headed Flies, Thick-Headed Fly
20
110
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyConopinae
Latreille, 1802
12
83
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePhysocephalini
SMITH & PETERSON, 1987
3
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
3 Genera with 38 Species
Dacops Speiser, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Physocephala Schiner, 191519SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophysocephala Kröber, 193916SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
38 Species
Dacops abdominalis Krober, 1915
Dacops fascipennis
Dacops kaplanae Camras, 2001
Physocephala abyssinica Krober, 1915
Physocephala atronota Camras, 2001
Physocephala bequaertortum Camras, 1962
Physocephala decisa (Brunetti, 1925)⇒ Physocephala maculipes Bigot, 1887
Physocephala ethiopica Camras, 1962
Physocephala fumivena Camras, 2001
Physocephala halterata Brunetti, 1925
Physocephala interrupta
Physocephala lacera Meigen, 1824
Physocephala larvata Speiser, 1911
Physocephala longicornis Krober, 1915
Physocephala maculifacies Camras, 2001
Physocephala maculipes Bigot, 1887
Physocephala madagascariensis Krober, 1915
Physocephala minutissima Krober, 1933
Physocephala nigricoxa Brunetti, 1925
Physocephala similis Krober, 1915
Physocephala texana Williston, 1882
Physocephala ugandae Krober, 1915
Pseudophysocephala afenestralis Camras, 2001
Pseudophysocephala alinea Camras, 2001
Pseudophysocephala annulipes Krober, 1939
Pseudophysocephala barbata Camras, 2001
Pseudophysocephala caenoneura Krober, 1939
Pseudophysocephala capensis Krober, 1931
Pseudophysocephala discalis Camras, 1962
Pseudophysocephala fenestralis Krober, 1939
Pseudophysocephala microvena Brunetti, 1925
Pseudophysocephala nigritarsis Krober, 1939
Pseudophysocephala platycephala Loew, 1853
Pseudophysocephala pubescens Brunetti, 1925
Pseudophysocephala rufa Camras, 2001
Pseudophysocephala spinipes Camras, 2001
Pseudophysocephala stylata Krober, 1939
Pseudophysocephala ugandae Krober, 1939


Links, sources and further information
Physocephalini at itis.gov