Checklist of Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
for Polynesia (Oceania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 633
8871
31367 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 629
8860
31350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 599
8751
31129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 391
6950
25723 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 102
1300
6337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies | 78
885
3945 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
| 62
650
2755 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Schizophora
Becher, 1882
| 58
566
2458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids | 45
338
1675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
| 9
68
217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Polynesia
9 Families width 217 Species
Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Polynesia | Family | Lonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies | 3
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Otitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly | 10
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies | 2
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Piophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Platystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly | 11
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Richardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies | 37
141 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ulidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
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