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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
840
24886
144846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
837
24869
144808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
24445
142884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
457
18795
117333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
117
3423
20657
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
92
2761
13772
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
70
2106
9589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
66
1842
7085
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
51
614
3450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
183
1006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern South America
9 Families width 1006 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ctenostylidae Bigot, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies71SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies186SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies7SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies14SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies39SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies104SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies566SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies18SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Northern South America
FamilyCtenostylidae
Bigot, 1882
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
7
71
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
50
186
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
7
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
9
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
10
104
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
86
566
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
10
18
Genera
Species

Taxom



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