Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Tephritoidea for Christmas Island (Australia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	120 340 405	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	120 340 405	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	118 338 402	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	75 259 302	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies	22 42 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Brachycera Macquart, 1834 Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies	19 36 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Muscomorpha Woodley, 1989	15 24 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Schizophora Becher, 1882	13 18 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Acalyptratae Macquart, 1835 Acalyptrate muscoids	10 14 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Tephritoidea Newman, 1834	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Christmas Island
2 Families width 6 Species

Tephritidae Newman, 1834	Fruit flies	5	Species	Taxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862	Picture-winged flies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Christmas Island
3 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Christmas Island
6 Species

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) albistrigata Meijere, 1911	White striped fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) papayae Drew & Hancock, 1994	Asian papaya fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) umbrosa Fabricius, 1805	Breadfruit fly
Bactrocera (Gymnodacus) calophylli Perkins & May, 1949
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899	Melon fly
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Christmas Island

Family	Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly	2 1	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Tephritidae Newman, 1834 Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies	1 5	Genus Species	Taxom

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