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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1015
31826
191976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1012
31805
191924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
929
31274
189459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
543
24019
154741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
140
4372
28627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
107
3500
18778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
79
2606
12544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
75
2278
9539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
59
784
4652
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
10
230
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South America
10 Families width 1333 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ctenostylidae Bigot, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies87SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies239SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies8SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies8SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies21SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies56SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies109SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies781SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies23SpeciesTaxom

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

Taxom

FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
9
87
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
59
239
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiophilidae
Macquart, 1835
Cheese flies, cheese skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese skippers, Cheese skippers {Larvae}, Skipper Flies, Skippers
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
7
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
15
56
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
10
109
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
107
781
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
13
23
Genera
Species

Taxom



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