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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Prairie (Delaware County, Iowa, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		67
156
179		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		67
156
179		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		63
152
173		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		53
121
135		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies		7
9
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Prairie (Delaware County Iowa)
7 Families width 7 Species
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies1SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies2SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies0SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae (Brauer & Ber..., 1889)Blow flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Prairie (Delaware County Iowa)
9 Genera with 7 Species
Apallates Sabrosky, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerodontha Rondani, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1905Typical Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1957Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Phytosciara Frey, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Pollenia Robineau-Des..., 1834Attic flies1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphus Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Prairie (Delaware County Iowa)
7 Species
Cerodontha (Cerodontha) dorsalis Loew, 1863Grass sheathminer
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culiseta minnesotae Barr, 1957
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Phytosciara tetrix Hippa, 1991
Pollenia pediculata (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Polleniinae pediculata Macquart, 1834
Syrphus ribesii Linnaeus, 1758Common Flower Fly

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Prairie (Delaware County Iowa)
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies		5
6
4		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns		2
3
3		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