Checklist of Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
for Canada (North America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 692
10933
46220 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 689
10923
46205 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 660
10729
45350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 447
9059
39510 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 120
2132
10484 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies | 89
1498
7161 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
| 66
1136
5251 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Schizophora
Becher, 1882
| 60
956
4292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids | 47
450
2092 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
| 9
115
408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Canada
9 Families width 408 Species and 1 Subspecies
Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Canada | Family | Lonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies | 6
92 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Otitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly | 25
45 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies | 5
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Piophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers | 14
43 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Platystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly | 8
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies | 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Richardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies | 50
170 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ulidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies | 2
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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