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Checklist for Tribe Physocephalini SMITH & PETERSON, 1987
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
581
1558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
45
324
527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
41
272
416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
29
131
191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Conopoidea
Latreille, 1802
Thick-headed flies
1
10
29
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyConopidae
Latreille, 1802
Thick-headed Flies, Thick-Headed Fly
10
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyConopinae
Latreille, 1802
6
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePhysocephalini
SMITH & PETERSON, 1987
3
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
3 Genera with 11 Species
Dacops Speiser, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Physocephala Schiner, 18875SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophysocephala Kröber, 19255SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
11 Species
Dacops abdominalis Krober, 1915
Physocephala braunsi Krober, 1931
Physocephala brevistylata Krober, 1931
Physocephala halterata Brunetti, 1925
Physocephala interrupta
Physocephala maculipes Bigot, 1887
Pseudophysocephala capensis Krober, 1931
Pseudophysocephala constricta Krober, 1915
Pseudophysocephala fenestralis Krober, 1939
Pseudophysocephala platycephala Loew, 1853
Pseudophysocephala pubescens Brunetti, 1925


Links, sources and further information
Physocephalini at itis.gov