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Checklist of Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
for Nearctic (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
14611
110867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
705
14582
110813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
14384
109530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
443
11552
91603
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
116
2520
22056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
88
1778
14880
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
66
1308
9151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
62
1128
7542
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
49
523
3679
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
148
808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nearctic
9 Families width 808 Species
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies130SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies136SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies16SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies49SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies43SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies11SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies10SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies394SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies19SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Nearctic
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
8
130
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
41
136
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
4
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
14
49
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
4
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
5
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
6
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
62
394
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
4
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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