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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
95
437
696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
95
437
696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
90
425
684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
73
361
591
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
19
75
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for New Britain
19 Families width 167 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies59SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito52SpeciesTaxom
Clusiidae Schönherr, 1840Clusiid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies5SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies5SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies3SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies3SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies4SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies3SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for New Britain
75 Genera with 167 Species
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Acropsilus Mik, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Adrama Walker, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1903Ochlerotatus11SpeciesTaxom
Allometopon Kertesz, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Anchiacanthonevra Hardy, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1901Malaria Mosquitoes4SpeciesTaxom
Armigeres Theobald, 1922Cord Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Austrophilus Thompson, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Austrophorocera Townsend, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 196230SpeciesTaxom
Bironella Theobald, 1951Biró Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Cellia Theobald, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerodontha Rondani, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Chymomyza Czerny, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Clusiosoma Malloch, 19473SpeciesTaxom
Coccodiplosis Meijere, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Copiolepis Enderlein, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1962Typical Mosquito13SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1959Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Cydistomyia Taylor, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Dacopsis Hering, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Diadiplosis Felt, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Dioxyna Frey, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Elassogaster Bigot, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Eumerus Meigen, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Euphranta Loew, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Giraffomyia Sharp, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Helius Lepeletier &..., 19341SpeciesTaxom
Hemilea Loew, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Hodgesia Theobald, 1919Tiny Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Holorusia Loew, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Japenoides Oldroyd, 19714SpeciesTaxom
Kertesziomyia Shiraki, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Lamprogaster Macquart, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1872Bee-like robber flies1SpeciesTaxom
Libnotes Westwood, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Limonia Meigen, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1903Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Malaya Leicester, 1947Ant Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Nephrotoma Meigen, 1935Tiger Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Nilea Robineau-Des..., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoschema Meijere, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Orthogonis Herman, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Paradrino Mesnil, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Patmarksia Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Pentatomophaga De Meijere, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Philophylla Rondani, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Plastophora Brues, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1925love bug1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoneothemara Hardy, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Psychoda Latreille, 19624SpeciesTaxom
Quasirhabdochaeta Hardy, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Rabaulia Malloch, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Rabauliomorpha Hardy, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdochaeta Meijere, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1922Common Flesh Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19656SpeciesTaxom
Sisyropa Brauer & von..., 18591SpeciesTaxom
Sphenella Robineau-Des..., 19881SpeciesTaxom
Syritta Le Peletier ..., 20051SpeciesTaxom
Tanymetopus Hardy, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Therobia Brauer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Tipula Linnaeus, 1935Cranefly1SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1865Carnivorous Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Trentepohlia Bigot, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 1950Pestle Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Trypanocentra Hendel, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1929Heaven Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1947Broadtail Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Xarnuta Walker, 19411SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Britain
167 Species
Acropsilus colemani Bickel, 1998
Adrama ismayi Hardy, 1986
Aedes (Aedimorphus) alboscutellatus Theobald, 1905
Aedes (Edwardsaedes) imprimens (Walker, 1860)⇒ Edwardsaedes imprimens Walker, 1861
Aedes (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Finlaya) subalbitarsis Knight & Hoo..., 1946
Aedes (Finlaya) wallacei Edwards, 1926
Aedes (Leptosomatomyia) aurimargo (Edwards, 1922)⇒ Leptosomatomyia aurimargo Edwards, 1922
Aedes (Scutomyia) albolineatus Theobald, 1904
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris (Walker, 1859)⇒ Stegomyia scutellaris Walker, 1858
Aedes fimbripes Edwards, 1924Palmer's asterella
Aedes tremulus Theobald, 1903
Anchiacanthonevra maculipennis Hardy, 1986
Anopheles (Cellia) farauti Laveran, 1902Australian malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) kochi Dönitz, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) novaguinensis Venhuis, 1933
Anopheles (Cellia) punctulatus Dönitz, 1901
Armigeres (Armigeres) milnensis Lee, 1944
Armigeres lacuum Edwards, 1922
Austrophilus necopinus Thompson, 2000
Austrophorocera immersa Walker, 1859
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) abdolonginqua Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ampla Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) anthracina Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caliginosa Hardy, 1970
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) carbonaria Hendel, 1927
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) consectorata Drew, 1989
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dyscrita Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) frauenfeldi Schiner, 1868Mango fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) indecora Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) lampabilis Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) laticosta Drew, 1989
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) neonigrita Drew, 1989
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) nigrescens Drew, 1968
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) nigrescentis Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) obliqua Malloch, 1939
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ochromarginis Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) peculiaris Malloch, 1939
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) phaea Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) pseudodistincta Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) quadrata May, 1963
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) seguyi Hering, 1939
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) trifaria Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) umbrosa Fabricius, 1805Breadfruit fly
Bactrocera (Gymnodacus) hastigerina Hardy, 1954
Bactrocera (Hemisurstylus) melanoscutata Drew, 1989
Bactrocera (Paradacus) decipiens Drew, 1972
Bactrocera (Sinodacus) triangularis Drew, 1968
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) curta Drew, 1972
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) reflexa Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) trichota May, 1962
Bironella confusa Bonne-Wepster, 1951
Cerodontha (Icteromyza) duplicata Spencer, 1961
Chymomyza flagellata Okada, 1981
Clusiosoma (Clusiosoma) dami Hardy, 1986
Clusiosoma (Clusiosoma) melanthe Hering, 1947Honeysuckle
Clusiosoma melanthes (Hering, 1947)⇒ Clusiosoma melanthe Hering, 1947
Coccodiplosis smithi Felt, 1915
Copiolepis quadrisquamosa Enderlein, 1920
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) xanthogaster Malloch, 1915Golden mosquito
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) squamosus Taylor, 1914
Culex (Culex) vicinus Taylor, 1916
Culex (Culiciomyia) papuensis Taylor, 1914
Culex (Culiciomyia) pullus Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Eumelanomyia) brevipalpis Giles, 1902
Culex (Eumelanomyia) cataractarum Edwards, 1923Lindenberg's asterella
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) atracus Colless, 1960
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) fraudatrix Theobald, 1905
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) gagnei Evenhuis, 1989
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) winkleri Belkin, 1962
Culicoides (Oecacta) parviscriptus Tokunaga, 1959
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) parapacifica Mackerras, 1971
Dacopsis apicalis Hardy, 1980
Dacopsis holoxantha Hering, 1941
Dacus (Callantra) unicolor Hendel, 1927
Dacus (Callantra) vespiformis Hendel, 1927
Diadiplosis duni Harris, 1968
Dicranomyia (Pseudoglochina) hoskingi Alexander, 1935
Dioxyna conflicta Curran, 1929
Elassogaster linearis Walker, 1849
Eumerus speculifer Sharp, 1899
Euphranta (Euphranta) vitabilis Hardy, 1970
Euphranta (Rhacochlaena) mediofusca Hering, 1941
Giraffomyia willeyi Sharp, 1899
Helius (Rhampholimnobia) papuanus Alexander, 1934
Hemilea araliae (Malloch, 1939)⇒ Hemilea quadrimaculata Hancock & Drew, 1995
Hemilea quadrimaculata Hancock & Drew, 1995
Hodgesia cairnsensis Taylor, 1919
Japenoides aurea Mackerras, 1971
Japenoides aureus Mackerras, 1971
Japenoides nigricosta Mackerras, 1971
Japenoides nigricostus Mackerras, 1971
Kertesziomyia conducta Walker, 1858
Lamprogaster austeni Sharp, 1899
Laphria soror Wulp, 1872
Libnotes (Laosa) falcata Alexander, 1935
Limonia distivena Alexander, 1935
Limonia eboracensis Alexander, 1935
Limonia magnistyla Alexander, 1935
Limonia suttoni Alexander, 1935
Lutzia (Metalutzia) halifaxii Theobald, 1903
Malaya leei Wharton, 1947
Melanagromyza clavata Sasakawa, 1963
Melanagromyza cordiophoeta Spencer, 1961
Melanagromyza oculata Sasakawa, 1963
Nephrotoma fumiscutellata Alexander, 1935
Nilea roseanella Baranov, 1936
Ophiomyia phaseoli Tryon, 1895Bean fly
Ornithoschema oculatum Meijere, 1914
Orthogonis erythropus Wulp, 1898
Orthogonis nigrocaerulea Wulp, 1872
Paradrino laevicula Mesnil, 1951
Pentatomophaga bicincta Meijere, 1917
Philophylla humeralis Hendel, 1915
Philophylla quadrata Malloch, 1939
Philophylla taylori Malloch, 1939
Plastophora cornigera Beyer, 1966
Plecia aruensis Edwards, 1925
Pseudoneothemara exul Curran, 1936
Psychoda aponensos Quate, 1959
Psychoda guamensis Quate, 1959
Psychoda savaiensis Edwards, 1928
Psychoda vagabunda Quate, 1962
Quasirhabdochaeta singularis Hardy, 1986
Rabaulia fascifacies Malloch, 1939
Rabauliomorpha gibbosa Hardy, 1970
Rhabdochaeta crockeri Curran, 1936
Sarcophaga (Baranovisca) praelibera Lopes, 1959
Sarcophaga (Lioproctia) aurescens Lopes, 1967
Sarcophaga (Lioproctia) multicolor Johnston & T..., 1922
Simulium (Gomphostilbia) catleyi Smart & Clif..., 1965
Simulium (Gomphostilbia) hemicyclium Smart & Clif..., 1965
Simulium (Gomphostilbia) keravatense Smart & Clif..., 1965
Simulium (Gomphostilbia) munumense Smart & Clif..., 1965
Simulium (Morops) inuitkiense Smart & Clif..., 1965
Simulium (Morops) raunsimnae Smart & Clif..., 1965
Sisyropa prominens Walker, 1859
Sphenella novaguineensis Hardy, 1988
Syritta polita Lyneborg & B..., 2005
Tanymetopus claripennis Hardy, 1982
Therobia abdominalis Wiedemann, 1830
Tipula (Papuatipula) novaebrittaniae Alexander, 1935
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) inornatus Walker, 1865
Trentepohlia (Plesiomongoma) novaebrittaniae Alexander, 1935
Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) argenteiventris Theobald, 1905
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) alboscutellatus Lee, 1946
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) magnesianus Edwards, 1924
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) quasiornatus Taylor, 1915
Tripteroides bisquamamtus Lee, 1946
Tripteroides mathesoni Belkin, 1950
Trypanocentra (Clusiomorpha) nigripennis (Meijere, 1913)⇒ Trypanocentra atripennis Malloch, 1939
Trypanocentra (Trypanocentra) atripennis Malloch, 1939
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) diagonalis Brug, 1934
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) argyrotarsis Leicester, 1908
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) neotibialis King & Hoogs..., 1947
Uranotaenia atra Krober, 1912Wood sorrel
Uranotaenia quadrimaculata Edwards, 1929
Verrallina (Verrallina) carmenti Edwards, 1924
Verrallina (Verrallina) funerea Theobald, 1903
Verrallina (Verrallina) lineata Taylor, 1914
Verrallina (Verrallina) parasimilis King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina neomacrodioxa King & Hoogs..., 1947
Xarnuta cribralis Hering, 1941

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in New Britain
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
12
46
91
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
7
29
76
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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