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Checklist for Family Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868 (Light Flies)
and region West Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
83
647
1589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
63
486
1216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
44
300
589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
40
266
533
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
28
149
298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
4
37
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies
4
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
4 Genera with 8 Species
Adapsona Paramonov, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Cardiacera Macquart, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Frontalia Malloch, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Osa Paramonov, 19582SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
8 Species
Adapsona fulva Paramonov, 1958
Cardiacera bella Paramonov, 1958
Cardiacera calabyana Paramonov, 1958
Cardiacera norsemanica Paramonov, 1958
Cardiacera punctulata Hendel, 1914
Frontalia genalis Malloch, 1929
Osa bornemisszai Paramonov, 1958
Osa westralica Paramonov, 1958


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