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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
705
14421
58191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
14403
58163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
668
14215
57520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
404
11331
47404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
103
1922
7940
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
81
1593
6344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
61
1127
3773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
57
978
3155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
43
405
1278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
121
403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mexico
9 Families width 403 Species
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies25SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies58SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies2SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies6SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies22SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies15SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies267SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies5SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Mexico
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
4
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
27
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
8
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
6
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
66
267
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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