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Checklist for Family Piophilidae Macquart, 1835 (Cheese flies)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
127
3884
28408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
98
3054
20697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
76
2097
11896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
72
1841
10091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
57
960
5774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
338
1898
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, Cheese skipper, Cheese skippers, Skippers
5
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
5 Genera with 11 Species
Centrophlebomyia Hendel, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Dasyphlebomyia Becker, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Piophila Fallen, 1843Wine flies6SpeciesTaxom
Prochyliza Walker, 1826Waltzing Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Pygopiophila Duda, 19271SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
11 Species
Centrophlebomyia furcata Fabricius, 1794
Piophila (Piophila) casei Linnaeus, 1758Cheese fly
Piophila aethiopica Hennig, 1951
Piophila leucodactyla Hennig, 1954
Piophila megastigmata Mcalpine, 1978
Piophila stylata Becker, 1914
Piophila viridicollis Macquart, 1843
Prochyliza ignifera Martin-Vega,..., 2017
Prochyliza nigrimana Meigen, 1826
Prochyliza nigrimanus Meigen, 1826
Pygopiophila sikorae Duda, 1927

Subnodes of Piophilidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyPiophilinae
Macquart, 1835
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Piophilidae at artfakta.se
Piophilidae at dyntaxa.se
Piophilidae at gbif.org
Piophilidae at irmng.org
Piophilidae at itis.gov