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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Central Karoo (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
147
552
730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
146
551
730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
140
542
715
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
101
467
637
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
23
88
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Karoo
23 Families width 145 Species and 3 Subspecies
#CAMSBPTVED
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies28SpeciesTaxom
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903Mydas flies3SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies4SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies72SpeciesTaxom
Apioceridae Bigot, 1852Flower-loving flies1SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies6SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834Big headed flies1SpeciesTaxom
Anthomyiidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Anthomyiid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Scathophagidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Dung flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies10SpeciesTaxom
Vermileonidae Williston, 1886Wormlion1SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies0SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies1SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies2SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae (Newman, 1834)Forest Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Conopidae Latreille, 1802Thick-headed Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Karoo
88 Genera with 145 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTV
Aedes Meigen, 1901Ochlerotatus3SpeciesTaxom
Afroholopogon Londt, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Afroleptomydas Bequaert, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Afroscleropogon Londt, 1999
0SpeciesTaxom
Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1875
Stripetails0SpeciesTaxom
Anastoechus Osten-sacken, 19384SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1956Charcoal Bee Flies9SpeciesTaxom
Anypodetus Hermann, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Apiocera Westwood, 1907Flower-loving flies1SpeciesTaxom
Australoechus Greathead, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Bactria Meigen, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom
Bana Londt, 01SpeciesTaxom
Betasyrphus Matsumura, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Bombylisoma Rondani, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Calliphora Robineau-Des..., 1867Bluebottle1SpeciesTaxom
Ceriana Rafinesque, 1815
Wasp-mimicking Hover Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Chalarus Walker, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1818Hairy Maggot Blow Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Corsomyza Wiedemann, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Coryprosopa Hesse, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Crocidium Loew, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Danomyia Londt, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Delia Robineau-Des..., 18261SpeciesTaxom
Delina Robineau-Des..., 18641SpeciesTaxom
Doliogethes Hesse, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Eristalinus Rondani, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Eristalis Latreille, 1758Rat-tailed maggots1SpeciesTaxom
Eumerus Meigen, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Eupeodes Osten Sacken, 1877
0SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 18605SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 18605SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Gonarthrus Bezzi, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Heteralonia Rondani, 18607SpeciesTaxom
Hybomitra Enderlein, 18763SpeciesTaxom
Lampromyia Macquart, 1835
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamproscatella Hendel, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Lepidochlanus Hesse, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Leptynoma Westwood, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1830Greenbottle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzomyia Franca, 1945Sand Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Micomitra Bowden, 1964
0SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 18793SpeciesTaxom
Molophilus Curtis, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Myospila Rondani, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 18057SpeciesTaxom
Nomalonia Rondani, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Ommatiosteres Enderlein, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Pantostomus Bezzi, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Paragus Latreille, 1804
0SpeciesTaxom
Parisus Walker, 19615SpeciesTaxom
Peodes Loew, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Perilampsis Bezzi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Perrisia Rondani, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Petrorossia Bezzi, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Philoliche Wiedemann, 18214SpeciesTaxom
Phthiria Meigen, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Physocephala Schiner, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Pselaphomyia Kertesz, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdogaster Loew, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhacholaemus Hermann, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Rhigioglossa Wiedemann, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhyncomya Robineau-Des..., 19273SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1925Common Flesh Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Sisyrnodytes Loew, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Sphiximorpha Rondani, 1850
0SpeciesTaxom
Spogostylum Macquart, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Stiphrolamyra Engel, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Syritta Le Peletier ..., 18421SpeciesTaxom
Systoechus Loew, 19389SpeciesTaxom
Systropus Wiedemann, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1858Common horse flies2SpeciesTaxom
Teratopomyia Oldroyd, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Terellia Robineau-Des..., 19421SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Tomomyza Wiedemann, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tomosvaryella Hardy, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Trichardis Hermann, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 18213SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Karoo
145 Species and 3 Subspecies
Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen, 1818Small woodland mosquito
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes canadensis Theobald, 1901Woodland pool mosquito
Afroholopogon capensis Lindner, 1961
Afroleptomydas anthophilus Hesse, 1969
Afroleptomydas saeculus Hesse, 1969
Afroleptomydas vallicolus Hesse, 1969
Afromochtherus melanurus Londt, 2002
Anastoechus argyrocomus Hesse, 1938
Anastoechus deserticolus Hesse, 1938
Anastoechus flavosericatus Hesse, 1938
Anastoechus phaleratus Hesse, 1938
Anthrax capicola Bowden, 1980
Anthrax diffusus Wiedemann, 1824
Anthrax doliops Hesse, 1956
Anthrax eurypterus Hesse, 1956
Anthrax muticum Bezzi, 1921
Anthrax pusillus Wiedemann, 1821
Anthrax simillimus Hesse, 1956
Anthrax sticticalis Hesse, 1956
Anthrax trisinuatus Hesse, 1956
Anypodetus leucothrix Londt, 2000
Apiocera (Ripidosyrma) braunsi Melander, 1907
Australoechus capensis Linnaeus, 1767
Australoechus hirtus Loew, 1860
Australoechus molitor Wiedemann, 1830
Australoechus nigripecten Bezzi, 1921
Australoechus spinibarbus Bezzi, 1921
Bana madiba
Bombylisoma tripunctatum Macquart, 1840
Calliphora croceipalpis Jaennicke, 1867
Chrysomya chloropyga Wiedemann, 1818
Corsomyza minuscula Hesse, 1938
Coryprosopa lineata Hesse, 1956
Crocidium namaquense Hesse, 1963
Danomyia habra Londt, 1993
Delia platura Meigen, 1826Bean seed fly
Delina anthrax Schiner, 1864
Doliogethes aridicolus Hesse, 1938
Doliogethes seriatus Wiedemann, 1821
Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) myiatropinus Speiser, 1910
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758Common Drone Fly
Eumerus breijeri Doesburg, 1955
Exhyalanthrax abruptoides Hesse, 1956
Exhyalanthrax abruptus Loew, 1860
Exhyalanthrax flammiger Walker, 1849
Exhyalanthrax lugens Loew, 1860
Exhyalanthrax viduatus Loew, 1860
Exoprosopa heros Wiedemann, 1819
Exoprosopa munda Loew, 1869
Exoprosopa nemesis Fabricius, 1805
Exoprosopa selenops Greathead, 2001
Exoprosopa strenua Loew, 1860
Geron nigerrimus Hesse, 1938
Gonarthrus namaensis Hesse, 1938
Gonioscelis lacertosus Engel, 1925
Heteralonia corvinoides Hesse, 1956
Heteralonia eremochara Hesse, 1956
Heteralonia hamula Hesse, 1956
Heteralonia maculosa Wiedemann, 1819
Heteralonia offuscata Bezzi, 1921
Heteralonia polysticta Hesse, 1956
Heteralonia recurrens Loew, 1860
Hybomitra frontalis Walker, 1848Boreal Horse Fly
Hybomitra illota Osten Sacken, 1876
Hybomitra rhombica Osten Sacken, 1876
Lamyra gulo Loew, 1851
Lepidochlanus fimbriatus Hesse, 1938
Leptynoma hessei Stuckenberg, 1960
Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830Australian sheep blowfly
Lutzomyia anthophora Addis C. J., 1945
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaselia tama Schmitz, 1926
Microstylum fenestratum Wiedemann, 1828
Microstylum sagitta Bigot, 1879
Microstylum villosum Bigot, 1879
Molophilus sicarius sicarius Alexander, 1929
Molophilus urodontus urodontus Savchenko, 1978
Myospila bicoloripes Emden, 1951
Neolophonotus grossus Bromley, 1936
Neolophonotus hobbyi Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus kerteszi Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus lacustrinus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus loewi Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus melinus Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus suillus Fabricius, 1805
Pantostomus gibbiventris Bezzi, 1921
Pantostomus melanotides Hesse, 1956
Parisus fucatus Bezzi, 1921
Parisus globulus Bezzi, 1921
Parisus karooensis Hesse, 1938
Parisus meltoni Hesse, 1938
Parisus perangulus Hesse, 1961
Peodes penichrotes Wei & Zheng, 1998
Perilampsis thyene (Munro, 1939)⇒ Perilampsis amazuluana Munro, 1929
Perrisia vitis idaea (Kieffer, 1909)⇒ Dasineura vitisidaea Kieffer, 1909
Petrorossia fulvipes Loew, 1860
Petrorossia tropicalis Bezzi, 1921
Petrorossia vinula Bezzi, 1921
Philoliche (Ommatiosteres) ingrata Oldroyd, 1957
Philoliche angulata Fabricius, 1805
Philoliche atricornis Wiedemann, 1821
Philoliche spiloptera Wiedemann, 1821
Phthiria pulla Bezzi, 1922
Physocephala maculipes Bigot, 1887
Pselaphomyia nigripennis Bigot, 1887
Rhacholaemus variabilis Hermann, 1907
Rhigioglossa edentula Wiedemann, 1828
Rhyncomya interclusa Villeneuve, 1920
Rhyncomya maculata Macquart, 1846
Rhyncomya minutalis Villeneuve, 1927
Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa Wiedemann, 1824Flesh fly
Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) hirtipes (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Peckia praeceps Wiedemann, 1830
Sarcophaga nodosa Engel, 1925
Scylaticus irwini Londt, 1992
Sisyrnodytes brevis Macquart, 1838
Sisyrnodytes subater Oldroyd, 1957
Spogostylum incisurale Macquart, 1840
Stenopogon dilutus Walker, 1851
Stichopogon hermanni Bezzi, 1910
Stiphrolamyra hermanni Londt, 1983
Syritta flaviventris Macquart, 1842Mountain melonleaf
Systoechus albidus Loew, 1860
Systoechus albipectus Hesse, 1938
Systoechus argyroleucus Hesse, 1938
Systoechus aureus Hesse, 1938
Systoechus candidus Hesse, 1938
Systoechus fuligineus Loew, 1863
Systoechus salticola Hesse, 1938
Systoechus scabrirostris Bezzi, 1921
Systoechus xerophilus Hesse, 1938
Systropus namaquensis Hesse, 1938
Tabanus impertinens Oldroyd, 1954
Tabanus leucostomus Loew, 1858
Teratopomyia cyanea Fabricius, 1781
Terellia (Cerajocera) euura Hering, 1942
Thyridanthrax calochromatus Bezzi, 1921
Thyridanthrax perspicillaris Loew, 1869
Tomomyza philoxera Hesse, 1956
Tomosvaryella brachybasis De Meyer, 1993
Trichardis picta Hermann, 1906
Trichardis testacea Macquart, 1838
Villa karooensis Hesse, 1956
Villa niphobletoides Hesse, 1956
Villa sexfasciata Wiedemann, 1821

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Central Karoo
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
19
84
138
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
4
4
7
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