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Checklist for Family Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 (Big headed flies)
and region British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
541
5937
17138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
538
5928
17128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
519
5861
16956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
363
4910
14671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
98
1183
3493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
849
2453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
53
647
1856
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
106
384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
73
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPipunculidae
Walker, 1834
Big headed flies, Big-headed Flies, Big-Headed Fly
11
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Columbia
11 Genera with 30 Species
Cephalops Fallen, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Cephalosphaera Enderlein, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Chalarus Walker, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Clistoabdominalis Skevington, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Dorylomorpha Aczel, 19907SpeciesTaxom
Elmohardyia Rafael, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Eudorylas Aczel, 19405SpeciesTaxom
Jassidophaga Aczel, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Microcephalops De Meyer, 1989
0SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculus Latreille, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Tomosvaryella Hardy, 18245SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Columbia
30 Species
Cephalops furnaceus De Meyer, 1990
Cephalops mainensis Cresson, 1911
Cephalosphaera acuminata Cresson, 1911
Cephalosphaera filicera De Meyer, 1990
Chalarus decorus Jervis, 1992
Chalarus latifrons Hardy, 1943
Clistoabdominalis condylostylus Skevington, 2001
Dorylomorpha (Dorylomyza) albitarsis Zetterstedt, 1844
Dorylomorpha (Pipunculina) borealis Wahlgren, 1910
Dorylomorpha (Pipunculina) maculata Walker, 1834
Dorylomorpha aberrans Albrecht, 1990
Dorylomorpha caudelli Malloch, 1912
Dorylomorpha flavomaculata Hough, 1899
Dorylomorpha simplex Albrecht, 1990
Elmohardyia atlantica Hough, 1899
Eudorylas affinis Cresson, 1910
Eudorylas alternatus Cresson, 1910
Eudorylas caudatus Cresson, 1910
Eudorylas industrius Knab, 1915
Eudorylas kansensis Hardy, 1940
Pipunculus aterater Meigen, 1824
Pipunculus elegantulus Williston, 1892
Pipunculus hertzogi (Rapp, 1943)⇒ Pipunculus aterater Meigen, 1824
Pipunculus luteicornis (Cresson, 1911)⇒ Pipunculus fuscus Loew, 1866
Pipunculus stigmatica Malloch, 1912
Tomosvaryella aliena Hardy, 1947Thickleaf peperomia
Tomosvaryella columbiana Kertesz, 1915
Tomosvaryella lepidipes Hardy, 1943
Tomosvaryella sachtlebeni Aczel, 1940
Tomosvaryella sylvatica Meigen, 1824

Subnodes of Pipunculidae with occurrences in British Columbia
SubfamilyChalarinae
Aczel, 1939
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPipunculinae
Walker, 1834
9
28
Genera
Species

Taxom



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