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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
595
8339
20024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
593
8334
20018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
567
8204
19733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
376
6706
16394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
97
1091
2455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
864
1948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
52
573
1151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
48
466
835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
36
232
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
74
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, Cheese skipper, Cheese skippers, Skippers
4
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Colorado
4 Genera with 5 Species
Allopiophila Hendel, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Mycetaulus Loew, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Piophila Fallen, 1924Wine flies1SpeciesTaxom
Prochyliza Walker, 1924Waltzing Flies1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colorado
5 Species
Allopiophila nitidissima Melander & S..., 1917
Allopiophila xanthopoda Melander & S..., 1917
Mycetaulus incretus A. L. Melander, 1949
Piophila nigritellus Melander, 1924
Prochyliza brevicornis Melander, 1924Mustard

Subnodes of Piophilidae with occurrences in Colorado
SubfamilyPiophilinae
Macquart, 1835
4
5
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