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Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
105
2119
11931
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
85
1661
8714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
67
1174
5774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
63
1025
5021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
48
608
2719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
8
226
1065
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
8 Families width 1065 Species and 5 Subspecies
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies59SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies15SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies1SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies6SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies142SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies73SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies767SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies2SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in East Africa
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
5
59
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
9
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
42
142
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
18
73
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
145
767
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom



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