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Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region Argentina (Southern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
686
10351
27232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
684
10346
27226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
641
10177
26822
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
398
8221
22592
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
98
1588
4894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
74
1225
3099
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
56
870
2094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
52
725
1642
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
337
831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
8
96
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Argentina
8 Families width 272 Species
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies41SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies3SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies3SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies15SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies3SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies194SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies3SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Argentina
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
21
41
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
9
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
6
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
47
194
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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