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Checklist for Superfamily Syrphoidea Latreille, 1802
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
257
1635
3299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
256
1633
3296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
1595
3225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
162
1360
2888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
39
153
313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
32
94
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
22
58
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
20
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
17
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Comoro Islands
2 Families width 14 Species
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies11SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834Big headed flies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Comoro Islands
17 Genera with 14 Species
Asarkina Macquart, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Cephalops Fallen, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Cheilosia Meigen, 1894Blacklets1SpeciesTaxom
Epistrophe Walker, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Eristalinus Rondani, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Eupeodes Osten Sacken, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Melangyna Verrall, 1843Large hover fly2SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Meligramma Frey, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Meliscaeva Frey, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Neoascia Williston, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Ornidia Lepeletier &..., 1828
0SpeciesTaxom
Paragus Latreille, 1804
0SpeciesTaxom
Temnostoma Lepeletier &..., 1758Falsehorn Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tomosvaryella Hardy, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Volucella Geoffroy, 1762
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylota Meigen, 18241SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
14 Species
Cephalops (Beckerias) hemistilbus Hardy, 1961
Cheilosia (Convocheila) hypena Becker, 1894
Eupeodes (Lapposyrphus) curtus Hine, 1922
Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) americanus Wiedemann, 1830American Hover Fly
Melangyna (Melangyna) umbellatarum Fabricius, 1794
Melangyna (Meligramma) triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Meligramma triangulifera Zetterstedt, 1843
Melanostoma matilei Dirickx, 2001
Meligramma triangulifera Zetterstedt, 1843
Meliscaeva cinctella Zetterstedt, 1843American Thintail Fly
Neoascia (Neoasciella) sphaerophoria Curran, 1925
Temnostoma vespiforme Linnaeus, 1758
Tomosvaryella congoana Hardy, 1950
Tomosvaryella insulicola De Meyer, 1993
Xylota (Ameroxylota) ejuncida Say, 1824

Subnodes of Syrphoidea with occurrences in Comoro Islands
FamilyPipunculidae
Walker, 1834
Big headed flies, Big-headed Flies, Big-Headed Fly
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySyrphidae
Latreille, 1802
Drone flies, Flower flies, Hover flies, Hover Fly, Hoverflies, Hoverfly, Rat-tailed Maggots, Syrphid flies
15
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Syrphoidea at artfakta.se
Syrphoidea at dyntaxa.se
Syrphoidea at marinespecies.org