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Checklist of Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
for California (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
659
9208
32201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
654
9191
32178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
9068
31883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
410
7324
26647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
107
1474
5648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
82
1125
4298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
60
775
2409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
56
638
2004
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
42
305
1076
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
84
263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for California
9 Families width 263 Species
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies17SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies35SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies5SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies7SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies5SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies191SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in California
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
6
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
18
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
3
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
5
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
5
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
1
0
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
44
191
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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