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Checklist for Family Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 (Big headed flies)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
581
1558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
45
324
527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
52
111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
43
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPipunculidae
Walker, 1834
Big headed flies, Big-headed Flies, Big-Headed Fly
7
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
7 Genera with 24 Species
Cephalops Fallen, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Chalarus Walker, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Clistoabdominalis Skevington, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Dorilas Meigen, 19495SpeciesTaxom
Eudorylas Aczel, 19508SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculus Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Tomosvaryella Hardy, 19498SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
24 Species
Cephalops (Cephalops) laeviventris Loew, 1858
Cephalops megameris Hardy, 1964
Clistoabdominalis condylostylus Skevington, 2001
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) libratus (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Eudorylas libratus Hardy, 1949
Dorilas (Eudorylas) turneri (Hardy, 1949)⇒ Eudorylas turneri Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas aculeatus Loew, 1858
Eudorylas aemulus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas aethiopicus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas denotatus Hardy, 1959
Eudorylas diversus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas libratus Hardy, 1949
Eudorylas mutillatus Loew, 1858
Eudorylas wittei Hardy, 1950
Tomosvaryella africana Hardy, 1949
Tomosvaryella apicalis Hardy, 1949
Tomosvaryella brachybasis De Meyer, 1993
Tomosvaryella congoana Hardy, 1950
Tomosvaryella propria 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 Western Cape
SubfamilyChalarinae
Aczel, 1939
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPipunculinae
Walker, 1834
6
24
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