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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Belfast (Northern Ireland, Ireland)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
67
243
384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
67
243
384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
67
243
384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
53
213
344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
13
59
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Belfast
13 Families width 93 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies8SpeciesTaxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798Stilt Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies40SpeciesTaxom
Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802Snipe flies2SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies9SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies12SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae Speiser, 1909Craneflies4SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833Black scavenger flies8SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Belfast
59 Genera with 93 Species
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Anopheles Meigen, 1818Malaria Mosquitoes2SpeciesTaxom
Beris Latreille, 17713SpeciesTaxom
Calobatella Mik, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cheilosia Meigen, 1780Blacklets3SpeciesTaxom
Chloromyia Duncan, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Chrysogaster Meigen, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Chrysopilus Macquart, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Compsobata Czerny, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Contarinia Rondani, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Criorhina Meigen, 1822Bumble Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1758Typical Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1776Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Dasysyrphus Enderlein, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Dexiosoma Rondani, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1787Fruit fly1SpeciesTaxom
Eloeophila Rondani, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Erioconopa Starý, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Erioptera Meigen, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Eristalis Latreille, 1763Rat-tailed maggots4SpeciesTaxom
Eumerus Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Eupeodes Osten Sacken, 18222SpeciesTaxom
Euphylidorea Alexander, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Eurithia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Exorista Meigen, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Gymnocheta Robineau-Des..., 18101SpeciesTaxom
Helophilus Meigen, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Leucozona Schiner, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Limonia Meigen, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Lydella Robineau-Des..., 18242SpeciesTaxom
Macquartia Robineau-Des..., 18201SpeciesTaxom
Mallota Meigen, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Melangyna Verrall, 1843Large hover fly1SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Meliscaeva Frey, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Merodon Meigen, 1794Narcissus bulb fly1SpeciesTaxom
Metalimnobia Matsumura, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Microchrysa Loew, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Nemopoda Robineau-Des..., 18201SpeciesTaxom
Neoascia Williston, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Neolimnomyia Seguy, 1937
0SpeciesTaxom
Oplodontha Rondani, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pachygaster Meigen, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Palpada Macquart, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Pipiza Fallen, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Platycheirus Le Peletier ..., 17716SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Rhagio Fabricius, 1758Down-looker1SpeciesTaxom
Rhingia Scopoli, 1822Snouted Hoverflies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidia Meigen, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Sepsis Fallen, 17945SpeciesTaxom
Siphona Meigen, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerophoria Lepeletier &..., 1758Globetails1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphus Fabricius, 18223SpeciesTaxom
Themira Robineau-Des..., 18442SpeciesTaxom
Tipula Linnaeus, 1758Cranefly3SpeciesTaxom
Tricyphona Zetterstedt, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Volucella Geoffroy, 17582SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Belfast
93 Species
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger Meigen, 1804
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Beris chalybata Forster, 1771Murky-legged black legionnaire
Beris fuscipes Meigen, 1820Hispid yellowcress
Beris vallata Forster, 1771Bright four-spined legionnaire
Calobatella petronella Linnaeus, 1758
Cheilosia (Convocheila) pagana Meigen, 1822Hover fly
Cheilosia (Convocheila) variabilis Panzer, 1798
Cheilosia bardus (Harris, 1780)⇒ Cheilosia albitarsis Meigen, 1822
Chloromyia formosa Scopoli, 1763Broad centurion
Chrysogaster hirtella (Loew, 1843)⇒ Melanogaster hirtella Loew, 1843
Chrysogaster solstitialis Fallen, 1817
Chrysopilus cristatus Fabricius, 1775Black snipefly
Compsobata cibaria Linnaeus, 1758
Contarinia quinquenotata F. Low, 1888Daylily gall midge
Criorhina floccosa Meigen, 1822
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Fallen, 1817
Dexiosoma canina (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Dexiosoma caninum Fabricius, 1781
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chorea Meigen, 1818
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) modesta Meigen, 1818
Drosophila (Drosophila) funebris Fabricius, 1787Large vinegar fly
Eloeophila maculata Meigen, 1804
Erioconopa diuturna Walker, 1848Goldenrod crab spider
Erioconopa trivialis Meigen, 1818
Erioptera (Erioptera) fuscipennis (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Ormosia fascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Erioptera (Erioptera) fusculenta Edwards, 1938
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) arbustorum Linnaeus, 1758European Drone Fly
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) intricaria Linnaeus, 1758
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) lineata (Harris, 1776)⇒ Eristalis horticola De Geer, 1776
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) pertinax Scopoli, 1763
Eumerus funeralis (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Eumerus strigata Fallen, 1817
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) latifasciatus Macquart, 1829Variable Aphideater
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) luniger Meigen, 1822
Euphylidorea (Euphylidorea) meigenii Verrall, 1886
Eurithia anthophila Robineau-Des..., 1830
Exorista (Adenia) rustica Fallen, 1810
Gymnocheta viridis Fallen, 1810
Helophilus (Helophilus) hybridus Loew, 1846
Helophilus (Helophilus) pendulus Linnaeus, 1758
Leucozona (Ischyrosyrphus) glaucia Linnaeus, 1758
Leucozona (Ischyrosyrphus) laternaria Muller, 1776
Limonia dilutior Edwards, 1921
Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, 1804Short-palped cranefly
Lydella grisescens Robineau-Des..., 1830
Lydella stabulans Meigen, 1824
Macquartia dispar (Fallen, 1820)⇒ Macquartia viridana Robineau-Des..., 1863
Mallota florea Linnaeus, 1758
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Melangyna (Melangyna) lasiophthalma Zetterstedt, 1843
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Melanostoma fasciatum Macquart, 1850
Meliscaeva cinctella Zetterstedt, 1843American Thintail Fly
Merodon equestris Fabricius, 1794Greater Bulb-Fly
Metalimnobia (Metalimnobia) quadrinotata Meigen, 1818
Microchrysa cyaneiventris Zetterstedt, 1842Black gem
Microchrysa polita Linnaeus, 1758Black-horned gem
Nemopoda nitidula Fallen, 1820
Neoascia (Neoascia) podagrica Fabricius, 1775
Oplodontha viridula Fabricius, 1775Common green colonel
Pachygaster atra Panzer, 1798Dark-winged black
Palpada interrupta Fabricius, 1805
Pipiza noctiluca Linnaeus, 1758
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) angustatus Zetterstedt, 1843
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) clypeatus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) manicatus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) peltatus Meigen, 1822Platycheirus nielseni
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) scambus Staeger, 1843
Platycheirus granditarsis Forster, 1771
Probezzia fuscipennis Wirth, 1971
Rhagio scolopaceus Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Rhingia campestris Meigen, 1822Heineken Hoverfly
Rhipidia (Rhipidia) maculata (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limonia lecontei Alexander, 1940
Sepsis cynipsea Linnaeus, 1758
Sepsis flavimana Meigen, 1826Durango yellowcress
Sepsis fulgens Meigen, 1826Lesser dung fly
Sepsis orthocnemis Frey, 1908
Sepsis punctum Fabricius, 1794
Siphona (Siphona) geniculata De Geer, 1776
Siphona (Siphona) maculata Staeger, 1849
Sphaerophoria scripta Linnaeus, 1758Hover Fly
Syrphus ribesii Linnaeus, 1758Common Flower Fly
Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken, 1875Hairy-eyed flower fly
Syrphus vitripennis Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Themira annulipes Meigen, 1826Sepsid fly
Themira lucida Staeger, 1844
Tipula (Savtshenkia) confusa van der Wulp, 1883Tipula marmorata
Tipula (Savtshenkia) rufina Meigen, 1818
Tipula (Tipula) oleracea Linnaeus, 1758Common crane fly
Tricyphona (Tricyphona) immaculata Meigen, 1804
Volucella bombylans Linnaeus, 1758Bumble Bee Hover Fly
Volucella pellucens Linnaeus, 1758Pellucid Hoverfly

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Belfast
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
8
43
71
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
5
16
22
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