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Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
635
8967
31661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
631
8956
31644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8844
31420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
7022
25972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1306
6349
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
78
889
3954
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
62
654
2762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
58
570
2466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
45
341
1681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
69
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Polynesia
9 Families width 222 Species
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies12SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies23SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies17SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies3SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies18SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies146SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Polynesia
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
10
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
2
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
11
18
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
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
38
146
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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