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Checklist for Family Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868 (Light Flies)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4583
15908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
496
1518
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
52
354
889
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
39
254
673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
36
229
627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
24
134
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
5
62
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies
4
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
4 Genera with 10 Species
Campylocera Macquart, 19426SpeciesTaxom
Prohypotyphla Hendel, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Siridapha Enderlein, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Tephritopyrgota Hendel, 18851SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
10 Species
Campylocera augustigenis Hendel, 1914
Campylocera latigenis Hendel, 1914
Campylocera oculata Hendel, 1914
Campylocera partitigena Enderlein, 1942
Campylocera pleuralis Hendel, 1914
Campylocera tessmanni Enderlein, 1942
Prohypotyphla obtusicornis Hendel, 1934
Siridapha filipalpis Enderlein, 1942
Siridapha ophionea Enderlein, 1942
Tephritopyrgota nubilipennis Wulp, 1885


Links, sources and further information
Pyrgotidae at gbif.org
Pyrgotidae at irmng.org
Pyrgotidae at itis.gov