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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16634
69910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16624
69896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16402
69012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
13022
57717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
2044
7666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
79
1638
5359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
61
1218
3882
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
57
995
2762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
44
498
1805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
133
376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central America
9 Families width 376 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ctenostylidae Bigot, 18820SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies15SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies68SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies5SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies12SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies8SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies32SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies225SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies11SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Central America
FamilyCtenostylidae
Bigot, 1882
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
4
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
31
68
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
8
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
9
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
8
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
61
225
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
6
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



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