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Checklist for Family Piophilidae Macquart, 1835 (Cheese flies)
and region Alaska (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
446
3571
8762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
444
3566
8756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
425
3511
8651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
3010
7649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
874
2854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
65
580
2072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
51
465
1700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
47
383
1393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
36
192
519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
29
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, Cheese skipper, Cheese skippers, Skippers
7
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alaska
7 Genera with 16 Species
Actenoptera Czerny, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Allopiophila Hendel, 18207SpeciesTaxom
Amphipogon Wahlberg, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Neopiophila Mcalpine, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Parapiophila Mcalpine, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Piophila Fallen, 1845Wine flies4SpeciesTaxom
Prochyliza Walker, 1849Waltzing Flies2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alaska
16 Species
Actenoptera hilarella Zetterstedt, 1847
Allopiophila arctica Holmgren, 1883
Allopiophila atrifrons Melander & S..., 1917
Allopiophila calceata Duda, 1924
Allopiophila flavipes Zetterstedt, 1847
Allopiophila fulviceps Holmgren, 1883
Allopiophila pectiniventris Duda, 1924
Allopiophila vulgaris Fallen, 1820
Amphipogon hyperborea Greene, 1919
Neopiophila setaluna Mcalpine, 1977Hairy bittercress
Piophila (Piophila) casei Linnaeus, 1758Cheese fly
Piophila anomata
Piophila nigriceps (Macquart, 1851)⇒ Stearibia nigriceps Meigen, 1826
Piophila pilosa (Staeger, 1845)⇒ Lasiopiophila pilosa Staeger, 1845
Prochyliza lundbecki Duda, 1924
Prochyliza xanthostoma Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed

Subnodes of Piophilidae with occurrences in Alaska
SubfamilyNeottiophilinae
Neottiophid flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPiophilinae
Macquart, 1835
6
15
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