Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 754
15371
60267 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 750
15333
60124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 715
15096
59373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 442
12146
51799 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 111
2035
9021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 87
1588
7081 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
| 67
1044
3503 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Schizophora
Becher, 1882
| 63
905
2988 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids | 48
502
1536 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
| 8
177
559 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Africa
8 Families width 559 Species and 5 Subspecies
Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa | Family | Lonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies | 5
30 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Otitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly | 5
8 | 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
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Platystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly | 23
51 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies | 11
24 | Genera
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 | 128
439 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ulidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Tephritoidea at artfakta.se
Tephritoidea at dyntaxa.se
Tephritoidea at marinespecies.org
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