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Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
707
11317
47199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
704
11307
47184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
673
11100
46296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
448
9313
40244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
120
2154
10611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
89
1515
7250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
66
1147
5319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
60
966
4333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
46
453
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
116
412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Canada
9 Families width 412 Species and 1 Subspecies
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies92SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies46SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies14SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies43SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies25SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies172SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies13SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Canada
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
6
92
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
25
46
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
14
43
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
8
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
50
172
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
2
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



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