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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Cuatro Esquinas Station (Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
196
1529
1557
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
196
1529
1557
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
191
1512
1531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
143
1308
1360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
36
158
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cuatro Esquinas Station
36 Families width 108 Species and 1 Subspecies
#CTOSDAPEMFLBR
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies4SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies18SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae (Latreille, 1802)Assassin flies8SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies9SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies7SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies4SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies3SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842)Chironomids3SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies15SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834Big headed flies1SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies1SpeciesTaxom
Psilidae Macquart, 1835Carrot flies0SpeciesTaxom
Clusiidae Schönherr, 1840Clusiid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Fanniidae Schnabl & Dz..., 1911Latrine flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies0SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies3SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae (Latreille, 1802)Bee Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Pantophthalmidae Williston, 1906Timber flies3SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae (Newman, 1834)Forest Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798Stilt Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies1SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies2SpeciesTaxom
Syringogastridae Prado, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820Marsh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Ropalomeridae Linder, 1930Ropalomerid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cuatro Esquinas Station
158 Genera with 108 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMNOPRSTWX
Acanthopeltastes Enderlein, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Acemya Robineau-Des..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Acrosticta Loew, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Allobaccha Curran, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Amblypsilopus Bigot, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Angioneura Brauer & Ber..., 18591SpeciesTaxom
Apallates Sabrosky, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 2002Ant-decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Apodicrania Borgmeier, 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Apotropina Hendel, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Archytas Jaennicke, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Artemita Walker, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Atactosturmia Townsend, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Athyroglossa Loew, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Belvosia Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Blaesoxipha Loew, 1861
Grasshopper Flesh Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipa Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Brachypremna Osten Sacken, 1887
0SpeciesTaxom
Calolydella Townsend, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Carcelia Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainia Schiner, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Chloroprocta Wulp, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Chlorotabanus Lutz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1794Hairy Maggot Blow Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysops Meigen, 1868Deer flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotachina Brauer & Ber..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Clistoabdominalis Skevington, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Cochliomyia Townsend, 1775New World screwworm fly1SpeciesTaxom
Coenosia Meigen, 1940Tiger Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Comasarcophaga Hall, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Compterosmittia Sæther, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Condylostylus Bigot, 1896Long-Legged Fly1SpeciesTaxom
Copestylum Macquart, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Coptera Say, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom
Craspedochaeta Czerny, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Cremersia Schmitz, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Ctenodontina Enderlein, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyacyrtoneura Townsend, 1931
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyia Wiedemann, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtoneuropsis Malloch, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtosoma Perris, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Dexosarcophaga Townsend, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Diachlorus Osten Sacken, 1942Yellow flies2SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Diogmites Loew, 1866
Hanging Thief Robber Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Discocerina Macquart, 1835
0SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1965Fruit fly1SpeciesTaxom
Ectecephala Macquart, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Eicherax Bigot, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Elachiptera Macquart, 1835
0SpeciesTaxom
Eucelatoria Townsend, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Eumacronychia Townsend, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Euxesta Loew, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Fannia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Gastrops Williston, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Griphoneura Schiner, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Helicobia Coquillett, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Hemilucilia Brauer, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Hermetia Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1867
Gnat Ogres0SpeciesTaxom
Houghia Coquillett, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Hyphantrophaga Townsend, 1892
0SpeciesTaxom
Irengia Townsend, 1935
0SpeciesTaxom
Lampria Macquart, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Laphystia Lapkystiella..., 19311SpeciesTaxom
Lepidodexia Brauer & Ber..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Lepiselaga Macquart, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsilopa Cresson, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Leschenaultia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Leucopodella Hull, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Leucotabanus Lutz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Limnophila Macquart, 1924Limnophila Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Limnophora Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Lixophaga Townsend, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1819Greenbottle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Masiphya Brauer & Ber..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Merosargus Loew, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Mesembrinella Giglio-Tos, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Microdon Meigen, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Monochaetoscinella Duda, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Neomintho Brauer & Ber..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Neosilba Mcalpine, 1982
0SpeciesTaxom
Neosphaerocera Kim, 1972
0SpeciesTaxom
Notochaeta Aldrich, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Notolomatia Greathead, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Oestrophasia Brauer & Ber..., 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Oligodranes Loew, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Opacifrons Duda, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Ormia Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Ornidia Lepeletier &..., 17751SpeciesTaxom
Oxysarcodexia Townsend, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxyvinia Dodge, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom
Palpada Macquart, 17985SpeciesTaxom
Pantophthalmus Thunberg, 18193SpeciesTaxom
Paralimna Loew, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Paralucilia Brauer & Ber..., 18772SpeciesTaxom
Parasphaerocera Spuler, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Peckia Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Pelastoneurus Kansensis Al..., 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Perrisia Rondani, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Pilica Curran, 1931
0SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1828
love bug0SpeciesTaxom
Plocoscelus Enderlein, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Promeranisa Walker, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochaeta Coquillett, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptecticus Loew, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Pterocalla Rondani, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptilodexia Brauer & von..., 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptilosphen Enderlein, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Ravinia Robineau-Des..., 19681SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Richardia Robineau-Des..., 1860Mexican clover2SpeciesTaxom
Rudolfina Rohá& 269;ek, 1987
0SpeciesTaxom
Sargus Fabricius, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Scipopus Enderlein, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Sclerocoelus Marshall, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Scotiptera Macquart, 1835
0SpeciesTaxom
Setulina Malloch, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Siphosturmia Coquillett, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Sobarocephala Czerny, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Spathulina Rondani, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerocera Latreille, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Stenotabanus Lutz, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Stephanotrypeta Hendel, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Stibasoma Schiner, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Syringogaster Cresson, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Syritta Le Peletier ..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1920Common horse flies6SpeciesTaxom
Taeniaptera Macquart, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Tephritis Latreille, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Thecomyia Perty, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Thelairodes van der Wulp, 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Thelairodoriopsis Thompson, 1968
0SpeciesTaxom
Thelyoxynops Townsend, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Tomosvaryella Hardy, 1968
0SpeciesTaxom
Toxomerus Macquart, 1846Calligrapher Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tricharaea Thomson, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Tricimba Lioy, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Triodontopyga Townsend, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Tropidia Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Willistoniella Meunier, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Winthemia Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1909Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Xanthandrus Verrall, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cuatro Esquinas Station
108 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acemya masurius Walker, 1849
Acrosticta apicalis Williston, 1896Picture-winged fly
Allobaccha (Allobaccha) monobia Terry, 1905
Andrenosoma cinerea Bellardi, 1861
Andrenosoma erythrogaster Wiedemann, 1828
Angioneura cyrtoneurina Zetterstedt, 1859Dark Least Blowfly
Apocephalus cyathus Brown, 2002
Archytas setifacies Curran, 1928
Artemita amenides Walker, 1849
Artemita argentea Osten Sacken, 1886Kellogg's hawthorn
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) stenoma Wang & Zhao, 1989
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chlorotabanus mexicanus Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794Blow fly
Chrysops auroguttatus Krober, 1930
Chrysops calogaster Schiner, 1868
Clistoabdominalis condylostylus Skevington, 2001
Cochliomyia macellaria Fabricius, 1775Secondary screw worm fly
Coenosia hippelates Emden, 1940
Comasarcophaga prolepsis Reinhard, 1947
Compterosmittia nerius Curran, 1930
Condylostylus bellulus Aldrich, 1896
Copestylum tympanitis Fabricius, 1805
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Cyphomyia chrysodota Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cyphomyia varipes Gerstaecker, 1857
Cyrtopogon leptotarsus Curran, 1923
Cyrtosoma denticolle Chevrolat, 1878
Diachlorus ferrugatus Fabricius, 1805Richard's macromitrium moss
Diachlorus jobbinsi Fairchild, 1942
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) scelio Alexander, 1965
Dohrniphora anteroventralis Borgmeier, 1960
Drosophila (Drosophila) dasycnemia Hardy, 1965Waihee Valley peperomia
Efferia pogonias Wiedemann, 1821
Eumacronychia sternalis Allen, 1926
Euxesta abdominalis Loew, 1868Annual globemallow
Euxesta panamena Curran, 1935
Euxesta schineri Hendel, 1909
Fannia pusio Wiedemann, 1830Chicken dung fly
Hemilucilia segmentaria Fabricius, 1805
Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Rondani, 1850)⇒ Hemilucilia segmentaria Fabricius, 1805
Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, 1758American soldier fly
Lampria aurifex Osten-sacken, 1887
Lampria clavipes Fabricius, 1805
Laphystia litoralis Curran, 1931
Lepiselaga crassipes Fabricius, 1805
Leptopsilopa similis Coquillett, 1900
Leschenaultia leucophrys Wiedemann, 1830
Leucopodella balboa Hull, 1947
Leucopodella bigoti Austen, 1893
Leucopodella incompta Austen, 1893
Leucotabanus exaestuans Linnaeus, 1758
Limnophila (Hesperolimnophila) euxesta Alexander, 1924
Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819)⇒ Neomyia lauta Wiedemann, 1830
Mesembrinella bicolor Fabricius, 1893
Microdon hermetia Curran, 1936
Monochaetoscinella anonyma Williston, 1896Fly
Notolomatia melanoloma Hesse, 1956
Oligodranes anthonomus (Melander, 1946)⇒ Apolysis anthonoma Melander, 1946
Ommatius humatus Scarbrough, 1993
Opacifrons quadrispinosa Marshall & L..., 1998
Ornidia obesa Fabricius, 1775Syrphid fly
Palpada agrorum Fabricius, 1787
Palpada expicta Walker, 1860
Palpada furcata Wiedemann, 1819
Palpada scutellaris Fabricius, 1805
Palpada vinetorum Fabricius, 1798
Pantophthalmus bellardii Bellardi, 1862
Pantophthalmus planiventris Wiedemann, 1821
Pantophthalmus tabaninus Thunberg, 1819
Paralucilia adespota Dear, 1985
Paralucilia fulvinota Bigot, 1877
Perrisia vitis idaea (Kieffer, 1909)⇒ Dasineura vitisidaea Kieffer, 1909
Promeranisa nasuta Macquart, 1850
Ptilosphen albibasis Enderlein, 1922
Ptilosphen gentilis Cresson, 1930
Ravinia postnoda Dodge, 1968
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) beckeriella Chvala, 1985
Richardia annulata Macquart, 1835
Richardia telescopica Gerstaecker, 1860
Sargus thoracicus Macquart, 1834White bryony
Scipopus belzebul Schiner, 1868
Sclerocoelus caribensis Marshall, 1997
Sobarocephala bivittata Melander & Argo, 1924
Spathulina euryomma Bezzi, 1924
Sphaerocera flaviceps Malloch, 1925
Stenotabanus (Stenotabanus) taeniotes Wiedemann, 1828
Stephanotrypeta taeniaptera Bezzi, 1923
Stibasoma euglossa (Lutz, 1915)⇒ Stibasoma flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Syringogaster brunneina Marshall & Buck, 2009
Syritta fasciata Wiedemann, 1830
Tabanus albocirculus Hine, 1907
Tabanus dorsiger Wiedemann, 1821
Tabanus occidentalis Oldroyd, 1954
Tabanus oculus Walker, 1848
Tabanus pseudoculus Fairchild, 1942
Tabanus punctipleura Hine, 1920
Taeniaptera vittipennis Coquillett, 1902
Tephritis conura Loew, 1844
Thecomyia chrysacra Marinoni & S..., 2003
Toxomerus dispar Fabricius, 1794
Toxomerus flaviplurus Hall, 1927
Toxomerus floralis Fabricius, 1798
Toxomerus pulchellus Macquart, 1846
Tropidia dicentria (Speiser, 1913)⇒ Tropidia longa Walker, 1849
Willistoniella pleuropunctata Wiedemann, 1824
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Cuatro Esquinas Station
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
30
145
100
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
13
8
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