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Checklist of Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
for Peru (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
580
9390
28804
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
577
9384
28798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
552
9245
28393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
356
7215
23110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
1424
4419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
72
1218
3105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
57
958
2279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
53
838
1877
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
41
301
838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
8
98
342
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Peru
8 Families width 342 Species
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies32SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies88SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies2SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies5SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies29SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies180SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies5SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Peru
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
5
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
29
88
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
3
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
9
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
45
180
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
5
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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