Species list, Checklist of Order Diptera (Flies) for Chelsea (Shelby County, Alabama, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Chelsea (Shelby County, Alabama, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	31 76 81	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	31 76 81	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	27 71 76	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	26 70 75	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies	5 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Chelsea (Alabama)
5 Families width 7 Species

Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856	Fruit flies	1	Species	Taxom
Clusiidae Schönherr, 1840	Clusiid flies	1	Species	Taxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802	Drone flies	3	Species	Taxom
Milichiidae Schiner, 1862	Filth flies	1	Species	Taxom
Scathophagidae Robineau-Des..., 1830	Dung flies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Chelsea (Alabama)
7 Genera with 7 Species

Chymomyza Czerny, 1862		1	Species	Taxom
Clusia Haliday, 1849	Attorney	1	Species	Taxom
Eristalis Latreille, 1830	Rat-tailed maggots	1	Species	Taxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 1758		1	Species	Taxom
Paramyia Williston, 1869		1	Species	Taxom
Scathophaga Meigen, 1758		1	Species	Taxom
Toxomerus Macquart, 1823	Calligrapher Flies	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Chelsea (Alabama)
7 Species

Chymomyza amoena Loew, 1862
Clusia lateralis Walker, 1849
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) dimidiata (Wiedemann, 1830)	⇒ Cheilosia fraterna Meigen, 1830
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Paramyia nitens Loew, 1869
Scathophaga stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758	Common Yellow Dung-fly
Toxomerus geminatus Say, 1823	Eastern Calligrapher

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Chelsea (Alabama)

Suborder

Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies

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Genera
Species

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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