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Checklist for Family Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 (Big headed flies)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
1210
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
925
2782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
56
566
1127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
91
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
69
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPipunculidae
Walker, 1834
Big headed flies, Big-headed Flies, Big-Headed Fly
10
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
10 Genera with 44 Species
Cephalops Fallen, 19925SpeciesTaxom
Chalarus Walker, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Clistoabdominalis Skevington, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Dorilas Meigen, 194910SpeciesTaxom
Dorylomorpha Aczel, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Elmohardyia Rafael, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Eudorylas Aczel, 195014SpeciesTaxom
Microcephalops De Meyer, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculus Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Tomosvaryella Hardy, 194910SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
44 Species
Cephalops (Cephalops) laeviventris Loew, 1858
Cephalops (Cephalops) zululandicus Hardy, 1949
Cephalops (Semicephalops) navus Hardy, 1952
Cephalops megameris Hardy, 1964
Cephalops splendens De Meyer, 1992
Chalarus spurius Fallen, 1816
Clistoabdominalis condylostylus Skevington, 2001
Dorilas (Dorilas) angustifacies (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Microcephalops angustifacies Hardy, 1949
Dorilas (Dorilas) obtusus (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Cephalops obtusus Hardy, 1949
Dorilas (Dorilas) reconditus (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Cephalops obtusus Hardy, 1949
Dorilas (Eudorylas) aemulus (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Eudorylas aemulus Hardy, 1949
Dorilas (Eudorylas) amuscarium (Hardy, 1959)⇒ Eudorylas amuscarium Hardy, 1959
Dorilas (Eudorylas) denotatus (Hardy, 1959)⇒ Eudorylas denotatus Hardy, 1959
Dorilas (Eudorylas) diversus (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Eudorylas diversus Hardy, 1949
Dorilas (Eudorylas) libratus (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Eudorylas libratus Hardy, 1949
Dorilas (Eudorylas) quadratus (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Eudorylas quadratus Hardy, 1949
Dorilas (Eudorylas) turneri (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Eudorylas turneri Hardy, 1949
Dorylomorpha atramontensis Banks, 1911
Elmohardyia atlantica Hough, 1899
Eudorylas abdominalis Loew, 1858
Eudorylas aculeatus Loew, 1858
Eudorylas aemulus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas aethiopicus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas amuscarium Hardy, 1959
Eudorylas denotatus Hardy, 1959
Eudorylas diversus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas evanidus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas galeatus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas libratus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas mutillatus Loew, 1858
Eudorylas pondolandi Foldvari, 2003
Eudorylas sinuosus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas wittei Hardy, 1950
Microcephalops brevicornis Loew, 1858
Tomosvaryella africana Hardy, 1949
Tomosvaryella anomala Hardy, 1949
Tomosvaryella apicalis Hardy, 1949
Tomosvaryella brachybasis De Meyer, 1993
Tomosvaryella congoana Hardy, 1950
Tomosvaryella propria Hardy, 1949
Tomosvaryella speciosa Hardy, 1949
Tomosvaryella spinigera De Meyer, 1993
Tomosvaryella subvirescens Loew, 1872
Tomosvaryella varana (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Tomosvaryella propria Hardy, 1949

Subnodes of Pipunculidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyChalarinae
Aczel, 1939
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPipunculinae
Walker, 1834
9
43
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