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Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
702
16115
70324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
12496
58285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
2379
11014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
77
1842
7421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
58
1363
5023
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
55
1160
3526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
42
388
1555
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
121
450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brazil
9 Families width 450 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ctenostylidae Bigot, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies20SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies51SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies3SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies7SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies33SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies56SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies271SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies8SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Brazil
FamilyCtenostylidae
Bigot, 1882
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
6
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
25
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
7
33
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
10
56
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
57
271
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
8
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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