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Checklist for Family Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868 (Light Flies)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
79
826
2194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
651
1728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
48
461
1165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
44
416
1053
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
30
228
548
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
6
94
276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies
9
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
9 Genera with 14 Species
Adapsilia Waga, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Campylocera Macquart, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Lygiohypotyphla Enderlein, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Metropina Enderlein, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Prohypotyphla Hendel, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Tephritocampylocera Hendel, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Tephritohypotyphla Vanschuytbroeck, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Tephritopyrgota Hendel, 19423SpeciesTaxom
Toxopyrgota Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
14 Species
Adapsilia caffra Hendel, 1914
Adapsilia longina Hendel, 1914
Campylocera ferruginea Macquart, 1843
Campylocera setosa C. Giebel, 1862
Lygiohypotyphla bicolor Steyskal, 1972
Metropina temporalis Enderlein, 1942
Prohypotyphla omissa Hendel, 1934
Tephritocampylocera latigena Enderlein, 1942
Tephritocampylocera nana Enderlein, 1942
Tephritohypotyphla masaiensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1963
Tephritopyrgota hirsuta Hendel, 1914
Tephritopyrgota musosaensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1963
Tephritopyrgota nigrocristata Enderlein, 1942
Toxopyrgota inclinata Hendel, 1914


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