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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Mesozoic (Phanerozoic)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1017
3496
5650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1014
3490
5645
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
880
3220
5265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
469
1975
3397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
126
475
898
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mesozoic
40 Families width 898 Species
#ABCFHLNPRST
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges6SpeciesTaxom
Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 19385SpeciesTaxom
Archisargidae Rohdendorf, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Archizelmiridae Rohdendorf, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Atelestidae Hennig, 19709SpeciesTaxom
Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973Athericid flies6SpeciesTaxom
Axymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946Axymyiidae flies1SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies3SpeciesTaxom
Boholdoyidae Kovalev, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges9SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge13SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids48SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Fungivoritidae Rohdendorf, 19570SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies1SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies20SpeciesTaxom
Nemestrinidae Macquart, 1834Tangle-veined flies3SpeciesTaxom
Pachyneuridae Schiner, 1864Dark-winged fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946Paxylommatid wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Perissommatidae Colless, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Pleciofungivoridae Rohdendorf, 194631SpeciesTaxom
Pleciomimidae Rodendorf, 19496SpeciesTaxom
Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 19854SpeciesTaxom
Protoligoneuridae Rohdendorf, 19620SpeciesTaxom
Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 19465SpeciesTaxom
Protorhyphidae Handlirsch, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies21SpeciesTaxom
Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862Phantom crane flies21SpeciesTaxom
Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802Snipe flies12SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges2SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies5SpeciesTaxom
Strashilidae Rasnitsyn, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tanyderidae Alexander, 1919Primitive crane flies7SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges1SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies40SpeciesTaxom
Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841Winter Crane Flies39SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Mesozoic
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
51
160
254
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
61
293
611
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAntefungivoridae
Rohdendorf, 1938
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBoholdoyidae
Kovalev, 1985
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyProcramptonomyiidae
Kovalev, 1985
1
4
Genus
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