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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
775
14516
48948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
773
14509
48939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
728
14308
48425
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
449
11411
41055
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
117
2195
9542
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
89
1723
6245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
63
1187
3874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
59
995
3090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
46
447
1663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
8
137
512
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern South America
8 Families width 512 Species
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies24SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies117SpeciesTaxom
Pallopteridae Loew, 1862Flutter flies7SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies10SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies21SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies29SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies295SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies9SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Southern South America
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
7
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
36
117
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPallopteridae
Loew, 1862
Flutter flies, Flutter-wing, Flutter-Wing Flies, Pallopterid flies, Trembling-wing, Waving-wing flies
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
5
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
11
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
8
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
57
295
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
8
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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