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Checklist of Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
for Ceará (Northeast Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
270
787
1072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
270
787
1072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
237
720
979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
124
470
614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
28
95
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ceará
28 Families width 143 Species and 1 Subspecies
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Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies13SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito51SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies8SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies3SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies9SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Cecidomyidae1SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies4SpeciesTaxom
Zhangsolvidae Nagatomi & Yang, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies6SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903Mydas flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies5SpeciesTaxom
Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862Phantom crane flies1SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Nemestrinidae Macquart, 1834Tangle-veined flies1SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae (Brauer & Ber..., 1889)Blow flies1SpeciesTaxom
Streblidae Kolenati, 1863Bat flies3SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies2SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae Speiser, 1909Craneflies1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds7SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ceará
95 Genera with 143 Species
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Acanthodotheca Townsend, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Adiscochaeta Enderlein, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1856Ochlerotatus8SpeciesTaxom
Alvarenga Carrera, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Amobia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Anastrepha Schiner, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1930Malaria Mosquitoes12SpeciesTaxom
Araripogon Grimaldi, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Argoravinia Townsend, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Arisemus Satchell, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Bezzisca Lopes, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Bruchomyia Alexander, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Caenarolia Thomson, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Ceratitis Mackleay, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Chaetoravinia Townsend, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Chagasia Cruz, 1944Basal Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Cheiromyia Dyte, 20183SpeciesTaxom
Cleptomyia Carrera, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Clinodiplosis Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Cosmariomyia Kertesz, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cratomyia Mazzarolo & ..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Cratomyoides Wilkommen, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Cratotabanus Martins-Neto..., 19941SpeciesTaxom
Cratotipula Ribeiro & Ma..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Cretomydas Wilkommen, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Cucullomyia Roback, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyia Wiedemann, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Dactylacantha Lindner, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Dexomyophora Townsend, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Dexosarcophaga Townsend, 19754SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Emdenimyia de Souza Lopes, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Eoptychoptera Handlirsch, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Euboettcheria Townsend, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Evandromyia Mangabeira, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1912Shoulder Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Helicobia Coquillett, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 20154SpeciesTaxom
Hermetia Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Heteropterna Skuse, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Heterostylum Macquart, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Hirmoneura Meigen, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Hyperalonia Rondani, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Leptotarsus Guérin-Ménev..., 20144SpeciesTaxom
Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1819Greenbottle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzomyia Franca, 1914Sand Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Macahyba Carrera, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1906Submarine Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Megapsychoda Azar & Nel, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Megistopoda Kolenati, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Micropygomyia Barretto, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Migonemyia Galati, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Molophilus Curtis, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Morellia Robineau-Des..., 18881SpeciesTaxom
Neodexiopsis Malloch, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Neodischistus Painter, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 19471SpeciesTaxom
Nephochaetopteryx Townsend, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Noctiliostrebla1SpeciesTaxom
Nyssomyia Hull, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Okrenomyia Ribeiro & Kr..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1904Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Pacatuba Lopes, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Palpada Macquart, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Peckia Robineau-Des..., 19341SpeciesTaxom
Phaeotabanus Lutz, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Pintomyia Costa Lima, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Pityocera Giglio-Tos, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorus Walker, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1794Gang Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Quatiella Botosaneanu ..., 19701SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalia Macquart, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1903Canopy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Sargus Fabricius, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Schizodactylus Brullé, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Sciopemyia Barretto, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Speiseria Kessel, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Stenotabanus Lutz, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Strebla Wiedemann, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Toxophora Meigen, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Trichobius Gervais, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Trupanea Schrank, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Udamopyga Hall, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1901Heaven Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1904Bromeliad Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Xena Nartshuk, 19991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ceará
143 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes argyrothorax Bonne-Wepste..., 1919
Aedes fulvithorax Lutz, 1904
Aedes lepidus Cerqueira & ..., 1945
Aedes nubilus Theobald, 1903
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Alvarenga icarius Carrera, 1960
Anastrepha zenildae Zucchi, 1979
Anopheles (Anopheles) mediopunctatus Lutz, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) occidentalis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Cellia) gambiae Giles, 1902African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Pearly prickleback
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) aquasalis Curry, 1932
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root, 1926American malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) evansae Brèthes, 1926
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oryzalimnetes Wilkerson & ..., 2009
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) sawyeri Causey, Dean..., 1943
Anopheles (Stethomyia) kompi Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Araripogon axelrodi Grimaldi, 1990
Argoravinia rufiventris Wiedemann, 1830
Bruchomyia brasiliensis Alexander, 1940
Caenarolia tessellatus Wiedemann, 1828
Ceratitis (Ceratitis) capitata Wiedemann, 1824Medfly
Chagasia bonneae Root, 1927Huisachillo
Chagasia rozeboomi O.R. Causey,..., 1944
Cheiromyia brevitarsis Brooks, 2010
Cheiromyia nordestina Limeira-de-O..., 2018
Cleptomyia bacillifera Carrera, 1949
Clinodiplosis cearensis Tavares, 1917
Cosmariomyia argyrosticta Kertesz, 1914
Cratomyia macrorrhyncha L. A. Mazzarolo, 2000
Cratomyoides cretacicus Wilkommen, 2007
Cratotabanus stonemyomorphus R. G. Martin..., 1994
Cratotipula latialata Ribeiro, 1999
Cretomydas santanensis Willkommen, 2007
Crossopalpus goliathus Freitas-Silv..., 2019
Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar, 1922
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex ocellatus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Dactylacantha plaumanni Lindner, 1964
Dexosarcophaga aurifacies Lopes, 1975
Dexosarcophaga pusilla Lopes, 1975
Dexosarcophaga succinta Lopes, 1975
Emdenimyia korytkowskii Lopes, 1969
Emdenimyia spinosa Lopes, 1948
Empis (Empis) scaura Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Eoptychoptera braziliana Krzemiń..., 2015
Evandromyia cortelezzii Brèthes, 1923
Haemagogus (Conopostegus) leucocelaenus Dyar & Shannon, 1924
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) janthinomys Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) spegazzinii Brèthes, 1912
Helicobia alvarengai Tibana, 1976
Helicobia cearensis Tibana, 1976
Hemerodromia membranosa Câmara, Taki..., 2015
Hemerodromia mourai Câmara, Taki..., 2015
Hemerodromia ubajaraensis Câmara, Taki..., 2015
Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, 1758American soldier fly
Heteropterna trileuca Edwards, 1940
Heterostylum evenhuisi Cunha & Lamas, 2005
Heterostylum ferrugineum Fabricius, 1805
Hirmoneura spitzi Bernandi, 1977
Hyperalonia coeruleiventris Macquart, 1846
Hyperalonia erythrocephala Fabricius, 1805
Leptotarsus cretaceus G. C. Ribeiro, 2014
Leptotarsus grimaldii G. C. Ribeiro, 2014
Leptotarsus lukashevichae Ribeiro & al., 2015
Leptotarsus martinsnetoi G. C. Ribeiro, 2014
Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819)⇒ Neomyia lauta Wiedemann, 1830
Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis Lutz A., Nei..., 1912
Lutzomyia abonnenci Floch H., Ch..., 1947
Lutzomyia goiana Martins A. V..., 1962
Lutzomyia walkeri Newstead R., 1914
Macahyba nordestina Carrera, 1947
Mansonia (Mansonia) humeralis Loew, 1866
Mansonia (Mansonia) indubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia amazonensis Theobald, 1901
Mansonia flaveola Coquillett, 1906
Megapsychoda araripina D. Azar, 2002
Megistopoda aranea Coquillett, 1899
Micropygomyia peresi Mangabeira, 1942
Migonemyia migonei França, 1920
Molophilus sicarius sicarius Alexander, 1929
Morellia obscuripes Bigot, 1888
Neodexiopsis cera Snyder, 1958
Neodischistus currani Painter, 1933
Nephochaetopteryx pacatubensis Lopes, 1975
Nephochaetopteryx pallidifacies Lopes, 1975
Noctiliostrebla aitkeni Wenzel, 1966
Nyssomyia whitmani Antunes & Co..., 1939
Okrenomyia araripensis G. C. Ribeiro, 2000
Orthopodomyia albicosta Lutz, 1904
Pacatuba matthewsi Lopes, 1975
Palpada conica Fabricius, 1805
Palpada solennis Walker, 1849
Peckia collusor Curran & Walley, 1934
Phaeotabanus cajennensis Fabricius, 1787
Pintomyia fischeri Pinto, 1926
Pityocera (Pseudelaphella) patellicornis Krober, 1930
Pseudorus crassitarsis Macquart, 1846
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) varipes Coquillett, 1904
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Rhopalia mirandai Andretta & C..., 1951
Sabethes (Sabethes) albiprivus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Sargus thoracicus Macquart, 1834White bryony
Schizodactylus groeningae R. G. Martin..., 2007
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Simulium (Chirostilbia) spinibranchium Lutz, 1910
Simulium (Trichodagmia) rubrithorax Lutz, 1909
Speiseria ambigua Kessel, 1925
Stenotabanus cinereus Wiedemann, 1821
Stenotabanus trinotatus Wiedemann, 1828
Stenotabanus vitripennis Lutz, 1913
Strebla guajiro Garcia & Casal, 1965
Strebla mirabilis Waterhouse, 1879
Strebla wiedemanni (Kolentai, 1856)⇒ Trichobius yunkeri Wenzel, 1966
Toxophora pallida d’Andretta..., 1950
Toxorhynchites (Ankylorhynchus) purpureus Theobald, 1901
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichobius costalimai Guimaraes, 1938
Trichobius dugesii Townsend, 1891
Trichobius joblingi Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius uniformis Curran, 1935
Trupanea brasiliensis Aczel, 1953
Udamopyga neivai Lopes, 1940
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) geometrica Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Wyeomyia antunesi Lane & Guima..., 1937
Wyeomyia davisi Lane & Cerqu..., 1942
Wyeomyia hemisagnosta Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia lutzi Da Costa Lima, 1930
Wyeomyia medioalbipes Lutz, 1904
Xena nana Martins-Neto, 1999

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Ceará
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
18
61
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
34
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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