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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Caroline Islands (Micronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
148
558
926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
148
558
926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
144
551
915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
82
303
505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
32
89
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caroline Islands
32 Families width 176 Species
#CSDLAMTEPNKX
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito16SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies10SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge34SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies6SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies1SpeciesTaxom
Asteiidae Rondani, 1856Asteiid Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies9SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies3SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies11SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae (Zetterstedt, 1837)Brine flies3SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies3SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies16SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids13SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies3SpeciesTaxom
Clusiidae Schönherr, 1840Clusiid flies3SpeciesTaxom
Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914Periscelidid Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Nycteribiidae Samouelle, 1819Bat Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tethinidae Hendel, 1916Tethinid flies6SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae (Walker, 1834)Big headed flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies1SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies2SpeciesTaxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798Stilt Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies13SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies1SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies1SpeciesTaxom
Neriidae Hendel, 1916Banana stalk flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Xenasteiidae Hardy, 19801SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Caroline Islands
89 Genera with 176 Species
#ABCDEFGHLMNOPRSTVX
Aedes Meigen, 1956Ochlerotatus9SpeciesTaxom
Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1963Stripetails1SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19593SpeciesTaxom
Amblypsilopus Bigot, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Arnomyia Malloch, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Asteia Meigen, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Atherigona Rondani, 1965Shoot Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Austalis Thompson & V..., 19631SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Baeodrosophila Wheeler & Ta..., 19641SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19597SpeciesTaxom
Brachydeutera Loew, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Camptopteromyia Meijere, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Cephalochrysa Kertesz, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Cheilosia Meigen, 1894Blacklets1SpeciesTaxom
Cheilotrichia Rossi, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges4SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1794Hairy Maggot Blow Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19944SpeciesTaxom
Coenosia Meigen, 1965Tiger Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Craspedochaeta Czerny, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1957Typical Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1940Midge2SpeciesTaxom
Cyamops Melander, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Cyclopodia Kolenati, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Czernyola Bezzi, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Dasyrhicnoessa Hendel, 19805SpeciesTaxom
Dichaetomyia Malloch, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Dissoptera Edwards, 19634SpeciesTaxom
Dorilas Meigen, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Erima Kertesz, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Graptomyza Weidemann, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Hemipyrellia Townsend, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Lamprolonchaea Bezzi, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Leucophenga Mik, 03SpeciesTaxom
Libnotes Westwood, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Limonia Meigen, 19728SpeciesTaxom
Liodrosophila Duda, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19674SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Metopina Macquart, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Microdon Meigen, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Mimegralla Rondani, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Musca Linnaeus, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Mycodrosophila Oldenberg, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Neotanygastrella Duda, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Nestima Osten Sacken, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821
0SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Orfelia Costa, 01SpeciesTaxom
Paramycodrosophila Duda, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Parvisquama Malloch, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pentapedilum Kieffer, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Philophylla Rondani, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Philosepedon Eaton, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculus Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorhicnoessa Malloch, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Psilopa Fallen, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Psychoda Latreille, 195910SpeciesTaxom
Pygophora Schiner, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Rhexoza Enderlein, 01SpeciesTaxom
Scaptodrosophila Duda, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Spathulina Rondani, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Steyskalia Aczel, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19599SpeciesTaxom
Stomorhina Rondani, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Stomoxys Geoffroy, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1932Green Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Telmatoscopus Eaton, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Telostylinus Enderlein, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Thompsoniella Alonso-Zaraz..., 18593SpeciesTaxom
Tonnoiria Lallemand, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Trichomyia Haliday, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1957Broadtail Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Xenasteia Hardy, 19801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caroline Islands
176 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) senyavinensis Knight & Hur..., 1949
Aedes (Aedimorphus) trukensis Bohart, 1956
Aedes (Lorrainea) lamelliferus Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Aedes (Stegomyia) hakanssoni Knight & Hur..., 1949
Aedes (Stegomyia) hensilli Farner, 1945
Aedes (Stegomyia) maehleri Bohart, 1956
Aedes (Stegomyia) marshallensis Stone & Bohart, 1944
Aedes (Stegomyia) scutoscriptus Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Aedes hui Bohart, 1956
Allograpta (Allograpta) citronella Shiraki, 1963
Alluaudomyia insulicola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Alluaudomyia maculosipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia monopunctata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Amblypsilopus ponapensis Bickel, 1994
Amblypsilopus sabroskyi Bickel, 1994
Arnomyia taitensis Frauenfeld, 1867
Asteia kraussi Sabrosky, 1957
Atherigona laeta Wiedemann, 1830
Atherigona vita Snyder, 1965
Atrichopogon fenestriscutum Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon gressitti Tokunaga, 1959
Austalis calliphoroides Shiraki, 1963
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) frauenfeldi Schiner, 1868Mango fly
Baeodrosophila bicolor Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Bezzia adamsi Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia badiifemorata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia maculifemorata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia nigrofasciata Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia pediaureola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia spinositibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia sulfureicruris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Brachydeutera hardyi Wirth, 1964
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) insulicola Tokunaga, 1959
Camptopteromyia flavipes James, 1962
Cephalochrysa gracilis James, 1962
Cephalochrysa nigra James, 1962
Cheilosia (Convocheila) hypena Becker, 1894
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) clarkeana Alexander, 1972
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916Midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) bicoloris Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) carolinensis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus longilobus Kieffer, 1916
Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794Blow fly
Chrysosoma clarkei Bickel, 1994
Chrysosoma kusaiense Bickel, 1994
Chrysosoma townesi Bickel, 1994
Chrysosoma yapense Bickel, 1994
Coenosia townesi Snyder, 1965
Cryptochironomus javae Kieffer, 1924
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) maplei Knight & Hur..., 1949
Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus Edwards, 1926
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) carolinensis Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) gossi Bohart, 1957
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) kusaiensis Bohart, 1957
Culicoides (Oecacta) flavimaculinotalis Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Oecacta) kusaiensis Tokunaga, 1940
Cyamops micronesicus Baptista & M..., 2000
Cyclopodia ponapensis Theodor, 1959
Czernyola ponapensis Steyskal & S..., 1966
Czernyola sasakawai Lonsdale & M..., 2006
Dasyhelea flavicaudalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea furcillifera Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea nigroris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea parvistylata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyrhicnoessa insularis Aldrich, 1931Tethinid fly
Dasyrhicnoessa phyllodes (Sasakawa, 1994)⇒ Dasyrhicnoessa tripunctata Sasakawa, 1974
Dasyrhicnoessa sexeriata Hendel, 1913
Dasyrhicnoessa tripunctata Sasakawa, 1974
Dasyrhicnoessa vockerothi Hardy & Delf..., 1980Tethinid fly
Dichaetomyia apicalis Stein, 1904
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) leptomera Alexander, 1972
Dicranomyia (Pseudoglochina) ponapensis Alexander, 1940
Dissoptera clarkei Shiraki, 1963
Dissoptera gressitti Shiraki, 1963
Dissoptera palauensis Shiraki, 1963
Dissoptera yapensis Shiraki, 1963
Dorilas (Eudorylas) hiatus (Hardy, 1956)⇒ Eudorylas mutillatus Loew, 1858
Endochironomus tenuicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Erima fasciata Kertesz, 1899
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) yapensis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) ancoriformis Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) flavitibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) subspadicifascia Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) basiflava Tokunaga, 1959
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) gressittiana Alexander, 1972
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) intrepida Alexander, 1940
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) yapensis Alexander, 1972
Graptomyza minor Shiraki, 1963
Graptomyza oceanica Shiraki, 1963
Hemipyrellia tagaliana Bigot, 1877
Lamprolonchaea micantella Mcalpine, 1964
Lamprolonchaea scintilla Mcalpine, 1964
Leucophenga halterata
Leucophenga ponapensis Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Leucophenga pornapensis
Libnotes (Goniodineura) pictoides Alexander, 1972
Libnotes (Libnotes) kusaiensis Alexander, 1940
Limonia decussata Alexander, 1972
Limonia delicatior Alexander, 1940
Limonia elephantella Alexander, 1972
Limonia elephantina Alexander, 1940
Limonia jocularis Alexander, 1940
Limonia phaeonota Alexander, 1940
Limonia ponapicolla
Limonia yapicola Alexander, 1972
Liodrosophila nana Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaselia aurtissima
Megaselia gressitti Beyer, 1967
Megaselia heterochaeta Beyer, 1966
Megaselia sejuncta Beyer, 1967
Melanagromyza metallica Thomson, 1869
Metopina ventralis Schmitz, 1927Hump-backed fly
Microdon purpurescens Shiraki, 1963
Mimegralla spinosa Steyskal, 1952
Monohelea albiclavatoris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Musca hervei Villeneuve, 1922
Mycodrosophila (Mycodrosophila) amabilis Meijere, 1911
Mycodrosophila (Mycodrosophila) carola Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Neotanygastrella pacifica Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Nestima yapensis Steyskal, 1952
Ophiomyia cornuta De Meijere, 1910Leafminer fly
Orfelia gressitti
Paramycodrosophila parapictula Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Parvisquama simpler
Pentapedilum nodosum Johannsen, 1932
Philophylla taylori Malloch, 1939
Philosepedon tineiformis Edwards, 1928
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) concomitatum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) medivittatum Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum albiceps Johannsen, 1932
Pseudorhicnoessa spinipes Malloch, 1914
Psilopa flavimana Hendel, 1913
Psilopa flavimanus (Hendel, 1913)⇒ Psilopa flavimana Hendel, 1913
Psychoda acutilamina Quate, 1959
Psychoda adyscheres Quate, 1959
Psychoda aponensos Quate, 1959
Psychoda cochlearia Satchell, 1950
Psychoda hemicorcula Quate, 1959
Psychoda ichthycerca Quate, 1959
Psychoda ochra Quate, 1959
Psychoda parsivena Quate, 1959
Psychoda plaesia Quate, 1959
Psychoda yapensis Quate, 1959
Pygophora alaseta Snyder, 1965
Pygophora yapensis Snyder, 1965
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhexoza magnipalpus
Scaptodrosophila eluta Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Simulium (Inseliellum) trukense Stone, 1964
Spathulina acroleuca Schiner, 1868
Steyskalia perfulva Steyskal, 1952
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) albiabdominalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) calcaris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fulviscuta Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fusciscutellata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fusistylata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) gressitti Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) setigeriscutellata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) spadicicoxalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) truncata Tokunaga, 1959
Stomorhina discolor Fabricius, 1794
Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus, 1758Barn fly
Tanytarsus lamnicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Tanytarsus ovatus Johannsen, 1932
Telmatoscopus (Eutelmatoscopus) maculoides Quate, 1959
Telostylinus lineolatus Wiedemann, 1830Banana stalk fly
Thalassomya maritima Wirth, 1947Florida phlox
Thompsoniella albosetosa Redtenbacher, 1868
Thompsoniella concava Heller, 1941
Thompsoniella deplanata Boheman, 1859
Tonnoiria ponapensis Steyskal & S..., 1966
Trichomyia (Dicrotrichomyia) trukensis Quate, 1959
Verrallina pipkini Bohart, 1957
Xenasteia divergens Hardy, 1980

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Caroline Islands
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
24
58
81
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
31
95
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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