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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Marshall Islands (Micronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
92
264
397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
92
264
397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
87
257
389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
60
190
292
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
24
71
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Marshall Islands
24 Families width 115 Species
#CESMTPDAL
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies7SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies9SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae (Newman, 1834)Fruit flies2SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies4SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids15SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae (Brauer & Ber..., 1889)Blow flies6SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies6SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies0SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat6SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge21SpeciesTaxom
Tethinidae Hendel, 1916Tethinid flies4SpeciesTaxom
Milichiidae Schiner, 1862Filth flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies8SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies2SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Canaceidae Jones, 1906Beach flies2SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Marshall Islands
71 Genera with 115 Species
#ABCDEFGHKLMNOPRST
Aedes Meigen, 1944Ochlerotatus3SpeciesTaxom
Allotrichoma Becker, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Argoravinia Townsend, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Atherigona Rondani, 1868Shoot Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Athyroglossa Loew, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Brachycara Thomson, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Brunettia Annandale, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Cephalochrysa Kertesz, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1928Non-biting midges3SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1843Hairy Maggot Blow Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19352SpeciesTaxom
Clinopogon Bezzi, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Corynoptera Winnertz, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Cratyna Winnertz, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophleps Lichtwardt, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1901Typical Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1940Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 195911SpeciesTaxom
Dasyrhicnoessa Hendel, 19803SpeciesTaxom
Desmometopa Loew, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Dichaetomyia Malloch, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Dioxyna Frey, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Discomyza Meigen, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Eutropha Loew, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19369SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoptera Lioy, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Hecamede Halida, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemigymnochaeta Corti, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Hemipyrellia Townsend, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Hermetia Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hippelates Lioy, 1896Eye flies1SpeciesTaxom
Homoneura Wulp, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Hostis Cresson, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Hydrotaea Robineau-Des..., 18241SpeciesTaxom
Krakatauia Enderlein, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Lespesia Robineau-Des..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Libnotes Westwood, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Limonia Meigen, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Lophoteles Loew, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1826Greenbottle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 19411SpeciesTaxom
Microdrosophila Malloch, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Nocticanace Malloch, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Opsidia Coquillett, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Orasiopa Zatwarnicki ..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Placopsidella Kertesz, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Plastosciara Berg, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Pontomyia Edwards, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Procanace Hendel, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonapomyza Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorhicnoessa Malloch, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19645SpeciesTaxom
Psychoda Latreille, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pygophora Schiner, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Rachispoda Lioy, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1869Common Flesh Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Scythropochroa Enderlein, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Siphunculina Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Styringomyia Loew, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1933Green Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Trentepohlia Bigot, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Tricharaea Thomson, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Marshall Islands
115 Species
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) marshallensis Stone & Bohart, 1944
Allotrichoma alium Cresson, 1929
Argoravinia aurea Townsend, 1918
Argoravinia rufiventris Wiedemann, 1830
Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868Broadleaf water-milfoil
Athyroglossa (Athyroglossa) freta Cresson, 1925
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) frauenfeldi Schiner, 1868Mango fly
Brachycara ventralis Thomson, 1869
Brunettia (Brunettia) biformis Edwards, 1928
Cephalochrysa rugulosa James, 1962
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916Midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus (Chironomus) samoensis Edwards, 1928
Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794Blow fly
Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart, 1843Blow fly
Chrysosoma complicatum Becker, 1922
Chrysosoma ludens Parent, 1935
Clunio tuthilli Tokunaga, 1964
Corynoptera latistylata Hardy, 1956Dark-winged fungus gnat
Cratyna jaluitensis Steffan, 1969
Cratyna latipons Hardy, 1956
Cryptophleps atollensis Bickel, 1996
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culicoides (Oecacta) kusaiensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea flavescens Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea flavibasalis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea fumala Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea insulicola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea intonsa Debenham, 1987
Dasyhelea nigristigmata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea pallivittae Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea quaternihamata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea sagittifera Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea townesi Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyrhicnoessa insularis Aldrich, 1931Tethinid fly
Dasyrhicnoessa sexseriata Hendel, 1913
Dasyrhicnoessa vockerothi Hardy & Delf..., 1980Tethinid fly
Desmometopa flavipalpis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa gressitti Sabrosky, 1983
Dichaetomyia vicaria Walker, 1859
Dicranomyia (Glochina) illingworthi Alexander, 1914
Dioxyna sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Dioxyna picciola Bigot, 1857
Discomyza maculipennis Wiedemann, 1824Shore fly
Eutropha noctilux Walker, 1859
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1921
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) esakiana Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) flavitibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) ornata Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) subspadicifascia Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) tuthilli Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) fuscimana Kieffer, 1921
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) fidens Macfie, 1936
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) pietatis Alexander, 1940
Gymnoptera simplex Brues, 1905
Hecamede (Hecamede) granifera Thomson, 1868Shore fly
Hemigymnochaeta candacia Lehrer, 2007
Hemipyrellia tagaliana Bigot, 1877
Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, 1758American soldier fly
Hippelates proboscideus Williston, 1896Chloropid fly
Homoneura (Homoneura) acrostichalis De Meijere, 1915
Homoneura (Minettioides) anuda Curran, 1936
Hostis guamensis Cresson, 1945Shore fly
Hydrotaea chalcogaster Wiedemann, 1824House fly
Krakatauia evulgata Becker, 1922
Lespesia archippivora Riley, 1871Tachinid fly
Libnotes (Metalibnotes) beardsleyi Alexander, 1972
Libnotes (Metalibnotes) jocularis Alexander, 1940
Libnotes (Metalibnotes) sentifera Alexander, 1972
Limonia spinifera Alexander, 1927
Lophoteles plumula Loew, 1858Copper globemallow
Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830Australian sheep blowfly
Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)⇒ Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830
Medetera salomonis Parent, 1941
Microdrosophila (Microdrosophila) convergens Malloch, 1934
Nocticanace marshallensis Wirth, 1951
Ophiomyia cornuta De Meijere, 1910Leafminer fly
Opsidia metopioides Allen, 1926
Orasiopa mera Cresson, 1939Shore fly
Phaenopsectra gressitti Tokunaga, 1964
Placopsidella cynocephala Kertesz, 1901Lanceleaf springbeauty
Plastosciara jaluitensis Steffan, 1969
Plastosciara latipons Hardy, 1956Molokai peperomia
Pontomyia natans Edwards, 1926
Procanace townesi Wirth, 1951
Pseudonapomyza spicata Malloch, 1914Leafminer fly
Pseudorhicnoessa spinipes Malloch, 1914
Pseudosmittia brachydicrana Edwards, 1927
Pseudosmittia dupla Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia micronesia Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia triangula Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia yapensis Tokunaga, 1964
Psychoda quadrifilis Edwards, 1928
Puliciphora lucifera Dahl, 1897Hump-backed fly
Pygophora respondens Walker, 1859Muscid fly
Rachispoda disciseta Richards, 1963
Sarcophaga (Alisarcophaga) gressitti Kano & Lopes, 1981Flesh fly
Sarcophaga (Boettcherisca) karnyi Hardy, 1927
Sarcophaga (Liopygia) argyrostoma Robineau-Des..., 1830Flesh fly
Sarcophaga (Liopygia) crassipalpis Macquart, 1839Flesh Fly
Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux (Thomson, 1869)⇒ Sarcophaga kohla Johnston & H..., 1923
Sciapus evulgata Becker, 1922
Scythropochroa trispinosa Steffan, 1969
Styringomyia didyma Grimshaw, 1901Crane fly
Tanytarsus esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Tanytarsus halophilae Edwards, 1926
Tanytarsus magnihamatus Tokunaga, 1933Hyssopleaf asphead
Thalassomya maritima Wirth, 1947Florida phlox
Trentepohlia (Mongoma) guamensis Alexander, 1915
Tricharaea (Sarcophagula) canuta Wulp, 1896

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Marshall Islands
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
18
47
57
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
24
58
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