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Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
530
15898
85805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
130
2293
12732
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
97
1684
8435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
73
1185
5071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
67
1042
4445
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
53
597
2868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
7
184
834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
7 Families width 834 Species and 10 Subspecies
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies28SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies6SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies12SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies226SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies76SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies485SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Australia
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
4
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
6
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
33
226
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
20
76
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
115
485
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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