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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Amirante Islands (Seychelles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
50
149
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
50
149
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
50
149
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
38
130
241
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
14
54
181
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Amirante Islands
14 Families width 181 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito87SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge41SpeciesTaxom
Streblidae Kolenati, 1863Bat flies6SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds18SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies5SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies6SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies11SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies1SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies1SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies1SpeciesTaxom
Milichiidae Schiner, 1862Filth flies1SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges1SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Amirante Islands
54 Genera with 181 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1907Ochlerotatus14SpeciesTaxom
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1936Malaria Mosquitoes9SpeciesTaxom
Aspidoptera Coquillett, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Basilia Miranda Ribeiro, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Chagasia Cruz, 1928Basal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Cladochaeta Coquillett, 1999Spittlebug Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1906Typical Mosquito21SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1968Midge31SpeciesTaxom
Dampfomyia Addis, 1945
0SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1907Crabhole Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dichelacera Macquart, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 01SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1962Fruit fly4SpeciesTaxom
Duomyia Walker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Eldunnia Curran, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Fidena Walker, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1913Shoulder Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Leucotabanus Lutz, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Lutzomyia Franca, 1952Sand Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Mastoptera Wenzel, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Megistopoda Kolenati, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Merosargus Loew, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Metelasmus Coquillett, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Migonemyia Galati, 1995
0SpeciesTaxom
Nycterophilia Ferris, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Nyssomyia Hull, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1907Red Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Paramyia Williston, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Phaeotabanus Lutz, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Philipotabanus Fairchild, 19473SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Rhegmoclema Enderlein, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Rhinia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1819Canopy Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Speiseria Kessel, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Stibasoma Schiner, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19566SpeciesTaxom
Strebla Wiedemann, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1906Common horse flies3SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Trichobius Gervais, 196611SpeciesTaxom
Trichomyia Haliday, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1891Heaven Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1975Bromeliad Mosquito9SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Amirante Islands
181 Species
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes dupreei Coquillett, 1904
Aedes fulvus Wiedemann, 1828
Aedes gubernatoris Giles, 1901
Aedes hastatus Dyar, 1922
Aedes hortator Marks, 1907
Aedes insolitus Coquillett, 1906
Aedes nubilus Theobald, 1903
Aedes oligopistus Dyar, 1918
Aedes septemstriatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Aedes thorntoni Dyar & Knab, 1907
Amerohelea galindoi Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Kerteszia) neivai Howard, Dyar..., 1906Little walnut
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) triannulatus Neiva & Pinto, 1922
Anopheles anomalophyllus Komp, 1936
Aspidoptera phyllostomatus Perty, 1833
Basilia dunni Curran, 1935
Basilia ferrisi Schuurmans S..., 1931
Brachypogon ethelae Spinelli & G..., 1998
Chagasia bathana Dyar, 1928
Cladochaeta bispina Grimaldi & N..., 1999
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) arribalzagae Theobald, 1903
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nigricans Coquillett, 1904
Culex (Aedinus) amazonensis Lutz, 1905
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Anoedioporpa) corrigani Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Carrollia) secundus Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) elevator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) epanatasis Dyar, 1922
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Melanoconion) theobaldi Lutz, 1904
Culex (Melanoconion) vomerifer Komp, 1932
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Tinolestes) latisquama Coquillett, 1906
Culicoides almirantei Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides antefurcatus Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides azureus Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides commatis Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides daedaloides Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides dicrourus Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides elutus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides fluvialis Macfie, 1940
Culicoides galindoi Wirth & Blanton, 1953
Culicoides glabellus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides glabrior Macfie, 1940
Culicoides hylas Macfie, 1940
Culicoides iriartei Fox, 1952
Culicoides lyrinotatus Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides macrostigma Wirth & Blanton, 1953
Culicoides marshi Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides nigrigenus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides pasilloides
Culicoides patulipalpis Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides phaeonotus Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides pifanoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides pilosus Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides propriipennis Macfie, 1948
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides rangeli Ortiz & Mirsa, 1952
Culicoides tenuilobus
Culicoides tetrathyris Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides uniradialis Wirth & Blanton, 1953
Culicoides xanifer Wirth & Blanton, 1968
Deinocerites cancer Theobald, 1901Crabhole mosquito
Deinocerites epitedeus Knab, 1907
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) crocata (Fairchild, 1953)⇒ Catachlorops scurrus Fairchild, 1958
Downeshelea cebacoi Lane & Wirth..., 0
Drapetis tibialis Rogers, 1983
Drosophila alani Pipkin, 1964
Drosophila alexanderae Pipkin, 1964
Drosophila crossoptera Wheeler & Ta..., 1962
Drosophila incompta Wheeler & Ta..., 1962
Duomyia mithrax Hendel, 1914
Eldunnia breviceps Curran, 1934
Fidena (Fidena) trapidoi Fairchild, 1953
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) iridicolor Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) lucifer Howard, Dyar..., 1913
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Leucotabanus aurarius Fairchild, 1953
Limatus asulleptus Olivier, 1812
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) trapidoi Fairchild G...., 1952
Lutzomyia gorbitzi Blancas F., 1959
Lutzomyia odax Fairchild G...., 1961
Lutzomyia viriosa Fairchild G...., 1958
Lutzomyia ylephiletor Fairchild G...., 1952
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia leberi Boreham, 1970
Mastoptera guimaraesi Wenzel, 1966
Megistopoda aranea Coquillett, 1899
Merosargus panamensis McFadden, 1971Austrian draba
Metelasmus pseudopterus Coquillett, 1907
Nycterophilia parnelli Wenzel, 1966
Nyssomyia ylephiletor Fairchild & ..., 1952
Orthopodomyia fascipes Coquillett, 1906
Orthopodomyia phyllozoa Dyar & Knab, 1907
Parabezzia blantoni Wirth, 1965
Paramyia nitens Loew, 1869
Phaeotabanus atopus Fairchild, 1953
Philipotabanus (Philipotabanus) nigrinubilus Fairchild, 1953
Philipotabanus (Philipotabanus) stigmaticalis Krober, 1931
Philipotabanus inauratus Fairchild, 1947
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) lutzii Theobald, 1901
Psorophora (Psorophora) lineata Von Humboldt, 1819
Rhegmoclema blantoni Cook, 1955
Rhinia apicalis Wiedemann, 1830Fly
Sabethes (Peytonulus) undosus Coquillett, 1906
Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus Fabricius, 1805
Sabethes (Sabethes) tarsopus Dyar & Knab, 1908
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Speiseria ambigua Kessel, 1925
Stibasoma (Stibasoma) flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Stilobezzia diminuta Lane & Forat..., 1958
Stilobezzia maia Lane & Forat..., 1958
Stilobezzia ornata Lane & Forat..., 1958
Stilobezzia pallescens Lane & Forat..., 1958
Stilobezzia transversa Lane & Forat..., 1958
Stilobezzia wirthi Lane & Forat..., 1956
Strebla guajiro Garcia & Casal, 1965
Strebla hertigi Wenzel, 1966
Strebla mirabilis Waterhouse, 1879
Strebla wiedemanni (Kolentai, 1856)⇒ Trichobius yunkeri Wenzel, 1966
Tabanus haemagogus Williston, 1901
Tabanus platycerus Fairchild, 1976
Tabanus unistriatus Hine, 1906
Toxorhynchites superbus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichobius costalimai Guimaraes, 1938
Trichobius dugesii Townsend, 1891
Trichobius dugesiodes Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius joblingi Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius lonchophyllae Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius macrophylli Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius parasiticus Gervais, 1844
Trichobius parasparsus Wenzel, 1976
Trichobius sparsus Kessel, 1925
Trichobius urodermae Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius yunkeri Wenzel, 1966
Trichomyia pedicillata Satchell, 1956
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) geometrica Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) hystera Loew, 1869
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) leucoptera Theobald, 1907
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) pulcherrima Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Uranotaenia nataliae Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Wyeomyia (Decamyia) pseudopecten Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Decamyia) ulocoma Theobald, 1903
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) complosa Dyar, 1928
Wyeomyia (Triamyia) aporonoma Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) melanopus Dyar, 1919
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) pertinans Williston, 1896
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) simmsi Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia chalcocephala Adisoemarto ..., 1975

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Amirante Islands
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
10
25
46
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
4
29
135
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Diptera at hbs.bishopmuseum.org
Diptera at sci-s03.bacs.uq.edu.au
Diptera at papua-insects.nl
Diptera at artfakta.se
Diptera at dyntaxa.se
Diptera at gbif.org
Diptera at irmng.org
Diptera at itis.gov
Diptera at marinespecies.org