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Checklist of Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
for Uganda (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
5194
15507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
417
5194
15507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
5079
15165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
266
4269
13768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
675
2220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
57
532
1571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
43
398
1210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
40
364
1118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
27
191
532
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
5
87
262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Uganda
5 Families width 262 Species and 1 Subspecies
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies12SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies31SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies214SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in Uganda
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
4
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
18
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
61
214
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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