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Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region Taita-Taveta County (Coast Province, Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
84
257
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
84
257
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
81
252
319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
60
225
296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
13
25
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
9
18
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
7
14
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
5
7
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
3
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Taita-Taveta County
2 Families width 4 Species
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies2SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Taita-Taveta County
3 Genera with 4 Species
Dacus Collart, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Fulgenta1SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaea Fallen, 20181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taita-Taveta County
4 Species
Dacus (Dacus) punctatifrons Karsch, 1887
Dacus (Didacus) frontalis Becker, 1922Greater melon fly
Fulgenta longicerca MacGowan, 2005
Lonchaea taita MacGowan, 2018

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Taita-Taveta County
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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