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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Eswatini (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
171
1130
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
171
1130
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
155
1094
2038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
109
975
1895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
22
61
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Eswatini
22 Families width 107 Species
#CPSBTADMEO
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Conopidae Latreille, 1802Thick-headed Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833Black scavenger flies9SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies5SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies19SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids10SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies11SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies4SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies9SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies4SpeciesTaxom
Blephariceridae Loew, 1861Mountain midges1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies3SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies4SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies2SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834Big headed flies1SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies1SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies2SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies8SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Eswatini
61 Genera with 107 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRST
Aedes Meigen, 1930Ochlerotatus1SpeciesTaxom
Agrochira Enderlein, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1940Malaria Mosquitoes7SpeciesTaxom
Archiconops Kröber, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Australosepsis Malloch, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Bengalia Robineau-Des..., 19122SpeciesTaxom
Bombomyia Greathead, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Bombylella Greathead, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1846Greater Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Ceratitis Mackleay, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1830Non-biting midges5SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1830Hairy Maggot Blow Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysops Meigen, 1838Deer flies1SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Conops Linnaeus, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Cordylobia Gruenberg, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 19175SpeciesTaxom
Dasophrys Loew, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Demeijerea Kruseman, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1842Long-legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Elporia Edwards, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Eumerus Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Haematopota Meigen, 1952Clegs1SpeciesTaxom
Heteralonia Rondani, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Heteronychia Brauer & Ber..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Hoplacephala Macquart, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Limnophora Robineau-Des..., 18521SpeciesTaxom
Lomatia Meigen, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Metopia Meigen, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Microcephalops De Meyer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Notolomatia Greathead, 18605SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Orchisia Rondani, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Paratoxopoda Duda, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Perilampsis Bezzi, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Philygria Stenhammar, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Physiphora Fallen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 20031SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdogaster Loew, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Scutelliseta Richards, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Sepsis Fallen, 19266SpeciesTaxom
Sergentomyia França & Par..., 19321SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19408SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Syritta Le Peletier ..., 20052SpeciesTaxom
Systoechus Loew, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Tabanocella Bigot, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1912Common horse flies1SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Toxopoda Macquart, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Trichoneura Loew, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eswatini
107 Species
Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) natalensis Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Agrochira londti Whittington, 2003
Anopheles (Cellia) arabiensis (Patton, 1905)⇒ Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) funestus Giles, 1900African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) gambiae Giles, 1902African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) merus Dönitz, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) quadriannulatus Theobald, 1911
Anopheles hebes (Donitz, 1902)⇒ Anopheles funestus Giles, 1900
Anopheles ruarinus Edwards, 1940
Archiconops pseudoerythrocephalus Stuke, 2004
Australosepsis niveipennis Becker, 1903
Bengalia depressa (Walker, 1858)⇒ Bengalia gaillardi Sourcouf & G..., 1912
Bengalia gaillardi Sourcouf & G..., 1912
Bombomyia discoidea Fabricius, 1794
Bombylella kilimandjarica Speiser, 1910
Bombylella ornata Wiedemann, 1828
Bombylius rufiventris Macquart, 1846
Cardiocladius latistilus Freeman, 1956
Ceratitis (Ceratitis) capitata Wiedemann, 1824Medfly
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) millicentae De Meyer & C..., 2005
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) rosa Karsch, 1887Natal fly
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus callichirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus pulcher (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Chrysomya chloropyga Wiedemann, 1818
Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Chrysomya chloropyga Wiedemann, 1818
Chrysops obliquefasciatus Macquart, 1838
Cladopelma curtivalva Kieffer, 1917
Conops conwayae Stuke, 2003
Cordylobia anthropophaga Blanchard, 1872Skin maggot of man
Dacus (Dacus) bivittatus Bigot, 1858Pumpkin fruit fly
Dacus (Dacus) punctatifrons Karsch, 1887
Dacus (Didacus) engoninus Munro, 1984
Dacus (Didacus) vertebratus Bezzi, 1908Jointed pumpkin fly
Dacus (Leptoxyda) hamatus Bezzi, 1917
Dasophrys swazi Londt, 1981
Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Dolichopus angularis Macquart, 1842
Elporia bertrandi Stuckenberg, 1962
Eumerus paulae Herve-Bazin, 1913
Euscelidia ochricornis Loew, 1858
Euscelidia pulchra Dikow, 2003
Exhyalanthrax abruptus Loew, 1860
Exhyalanthrax transiens Bezzi, 1921
Exoprosopa nemesis Fabricius, 1805
Exoprosopa pterosticha Hesse, 1936
Geron psammobates Hesse, 1938
Haematopota pardalina Oldroyd, 1952
Heteralonia nigrovenosa Bezzi, 1921
Heteronychia bergsoni Lehrer, 1993
Hoplacephala irvingi Curran, 1928
Lamyra gulo Loew, 1851
Limnophora quaterna Loew, 1852
Lomatia fucatipennis (Hesse, 1956)⇒ Notolomatia fucatipennis Hesse, 1956
Lomatia lawrencei Hesse, 1956
Metopia benoiti Zumpt, 1961
Metopia nudibasis Malloch, 1930
Microcephalops stenopsis Hardy, 1959
Nanocladius ephippium (Freeman, 1956)⇒ Parakiefferiella ephippium Freeman, 1956
Notolomatia asaphodesma Hesse, 1955
Notolomatia conocephala Macquart, 1840
Notolomatia fucatipennis Hesse, 1956
Notolomatia pictipennis Wiedemann, 1828
Notolomatia pulchriceps Loew, 1860
Ommatius pulchellus Bromley, 1936
Orchisia costata Meigen, 1826
Parakiefferiella ephippium Freeman, 1956
Paratoxopoda similis Ozerov, 1993
Pegesimallus aulicus Wiedemann, 1828
Perilampsis curta Munro, 1938
Perilampsis diademata (Bezzi, 1924)⇒ Perilampsis miratrix Munro, 1939
Perilampsis miratrix Munro, 1939
Philygria mackieae Cresson, 1943
Physiphora obscura Hendel, 1913
Pygommatius alatipes Scarbrough &..., 2003
Rhabdogaster pedion Londt, 2006
Rhabdogaster rustica Oldroyd, 1974
Scutelliseta megalogaster Richards, 1968
Scutelliseta swaziana Richards, 1968
Sepsis (Sepsis) pronodosa Speiser, 1924
Sepsis arotrolabis Duda, 1926
Sepsis dissimilis Brunetti, 1909
Sepsis macrochaetophora Duda, 1926
Sepsis thoracica Robineau-Des..., 1830Black scavenger fly
Sepsis validiseta (Duda, 1926)⇒ Sepsis macrochaetophora Duda, 1926
Sergentomyia meilloni Sinton, 1932
Simulium (Edwardsellum) damnosum Theobald, 1903
Simulium (Meilloniellum) adersi Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Metomphalus) albivirgulatum Wanson & Hen..., 1944
Simulium (Metomphalus) bovis Meillon, 1930
Simulium (Metomphalus) medusaeforme Pomeroy, 1920
Simulium (Metomphalus) vorax Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) cervicornutum Pomeroy, 1920
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) mcmahoni Meillon, 1940
Sympycnus munroi Curran, 1925
Syritta flaviventris Macquart, 1842Mountain melonleaf
Syritta longiseta Lyneborg & B..., 2005
Systoechus silvaticus Hesse, 1938
Systoechus transvaalensis Hesse, 1938
Tabanocella denticornis Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus minuscularius Austen, 1912
Thinophilus indigenus Becker, 1902
Thrypticus kataevi Grichanov, 1998
Toxopoda bequaerti Curran, 1929
Trichoneura grandiglumis

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Eswatini
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
16
49
78
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
12
29
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