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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Region Amazonia (Colombia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
207
1313
1972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
207
1313
1972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
195
1268
1888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
133
1034
1496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
30
103
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Region Amazonia
30 Families width 138 Species and 1 Subspecies
#CSTAPMODFNHEBR
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito24SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies2SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies2SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies39SpeciesTaxom
Streblidae Kolenati, 1863Bat flies4SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies11SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies8SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge8SpeciesTaxom
Oestridae Leach, 1815Bot flies0SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies0SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Fanniidae Schnabl & Dz..., 1911Latrine flies1SpeciesTaxom
Neriidae Hendel, 1916Banana stalk flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies4SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae (Newman, 1834)Drain flies6SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds10SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae (Latreille, 1802)Face flies1SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae (Zetterstedt, 1837)Brine flies0SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae (Latreille, 1802)Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798Stilt Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae (Snow, 1896)Richardid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Region Amazonia
103 Genera with 138 Species
#ACDEFGHLMNOPRSTUW
Aedes Meigen, 1943Ochlerotatus3SpeciesTaxom
Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1875
Stripetails0SpeciesTaxom
Anastrepha Schiner, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1940Malaria Mosquitoes6SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 2000Ant-decapitating Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Apodicrania Borgmeier, 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Aspidoptera Coquillett, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Calliphora Robineau-Des..., 1830Bluebottle1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratusa Borgmeier, 1967
0SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocnemistoptera Borgmeier, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Chlorotabanus Lutz, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1819Hairy Maggot Blow Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysops Meigen, 1946Deer flies2SpeciesTaxom
Cochliomyia Townsend, 1775New World screwworm fly2SpeciesTaxom
Coniceromyia Borgmeier, 20093SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19404SpeciesTaxom
Corynoptera Winnertz, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Cremersia Schmitz, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1946Midge8SpeciesTaxom
Dahliphora Schmitz, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Dermatobia Brauer, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Diadiplosis Felt, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Dinocercus Borgmeier, 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Diocophora Borgmeier, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 200714SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1823
Fruit fly0SpeciesTaxom
Erioptera Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Esenbeckia Rondani, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Exastinion Wenzel, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom
Fannia Robineau-Des..., 17611SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Glyphidops Enderlein, 20142SpeciesTaxom
Hemilucilia Brauer, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Huascaromusca Townsend, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Latiborophaga Brown, 1992
0SpeciesTaxom
Lepidodexia Brauer & Ber..., 19191SpeciesTaxom
Leucotabanus Lutz, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Limnophila Macquart, 1913Limnophila Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1819Greenbottle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzomyia Franca, 1953Sand Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerides Borgmeier, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1866Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Megistopoda Kolenati, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 19345SpeciesTaxom
Mesembrinella Giglio-Tos, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Metelasmus Coquillett, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Musca Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 2015Millipede-killing Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosicarius Borgmeier, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Neodohrniphora Malloch, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Neopleurophora Brown, 1992
0SpeciesTaxom
Neotrichobius Wenzel & Aitken, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochthera Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Ocyptamus Macquart, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Oligodranes Loew, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Ornidia Lepeletier &..., 17751SpeciesTaxom
Oromyia Alexander, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Paralucilia Brauer & Ber..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichobius Lima, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Peckia Robineau-Des..., 19341SpeciesTaxom
Pedicia Latreille, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Phymatopterella Brues, 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Physoptera Borgmeier, 1958
0SpeciesTaxom
Plagiocephalus Wiedemann, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1942love bug1SpeciesTaxom
Plocoscelus Enderlein, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Poecilotylus Hennig, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907
Fire Ant Decapitating Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudohypocera Malloch, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonapomyza Hendel, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosciara Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1907Gang Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Psychodopygus Castellón, 1982
0SpeciesTaxom
Pterella Robineau-Des..., 19761SpeciesTaxom
Ptilosphen Enderlein, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Rhyncophoromyia Malloch, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Richardia Robineau-Des..., 1830
Mexican clover0SpeciesTaxom
Sarconesiopsis Townsend, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1908Common Flesh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sigmatomera Osten Sacken, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Speiseria Kessel, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Stephanotrypeta Hendel, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Stibasoma Schiner, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Strebla Wiedemann, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Syneura Brues, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1805Common horse flies3SpeciesTaxom
Tipula Linnaeus, 1913Cranefly1SpeciesTaxom
Trichobius Gervais, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1901
Hairy-Lipped Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Trineurocephala Schmitz, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Triphleba Rondani, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1891Heaven Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Woodiphora Schmitz, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Region Amazonia
138 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aedes fulvus Wiedemann, 1828
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes upatensis Anduze & Hecht, 1943
Anastrepha fraterculus Wiedemann, 1830South American fruit fly
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Anopheles (Anopheles) mattogrossensis Lutz & Neiva, 1911
Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry, 1931
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root, 1926American malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) konderi Galvao & Dam..., 1942
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi Peryassú, 1922
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) rangeli Gabaldon, Co..., 1940
Apocephalus apivorus Brown, 1996
Apocephalus asyndetus Brown, 2000
Apocephalus catholicus Brown, 2000
Apocephalus comosus Brown, 2000
Apocephalus crassilatus Brown, 2000
Apocephalus facettalis Borgmeier, 1961
Apocephalus flexiseta Brown, 2002
Apocephalus praedator Borgmeier, 1971
Apocephalus tenuitarsus Brown, 1997
Apocephalus trifidus Brown, 2000
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Aspidoptera falcata Wenzel, 1976
Aspidoptera phyllostomatus Perty, 1833
Calliphora peruviana (Robineau-Des..., 1830)⇒ Neta chilensis Walker, 1836
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chrysomya albiceps Wiedemann, 1819Hairy maggot blow fly
Chrysops varians Wiedemann, 1828
Chrysops weberi Bequaert, 1946
Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858New World Screw-worm
Cochliomyia macellaria Fabricius, 1775Secondary screw worm fly
Coniceromyia brevivena Kung & Brown, 2000
Coniceromyia sakaii Kung, 2009
Coniceromyia valdesi Kung, 2009
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) albicosta Peryassú, 1908
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) arribalzagae Theobald, 1903
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) hermanoi Lane & Coutinho, 1940
Corynoptera polana Rudzinski, 2009
Culex (Aedinus) amazonensis Lutz, 1905
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) creole Anduze, 1949
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culicoides (Avaritia) pusillus Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) insinuatus Ortiz & Leon, 1954
Culicoides (Hoffmania) foxi Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides (Hoffmania) ignacioi Forattini, 1957
Culicoides (Hoffmania) insignis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides eublepharus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides florenciae Messersmith, 1972
Culicoides pseudodiabolicus Fox, 1946
Diadiplosis vaupedis Harris, 1968
Dohrniphora alvarengai Prado, 1976
Dohrniphora anteroventralis Borgmeier, 1960
Dohrniphora broadheadi Disney, 1983
Dohrniphora buscki Malloch, 1912
Dohrniphora cootei Brown & Kung, 2007
Dohrniphora decrescens Brown & Kung, 2007
Dohrniphora dispar Enderlein, 1912
Dohrniphora ecitophila Borgmeier, 1960
Dohrniphora inornata Brown & Kung, 2007
Dohrniphora lacunosa Brown & Kung, 2007
Dohrniphora paraguayana Brues, 1907
Dohrniphora paralobata Brown & Kung, 2007
Dohrniphora procera Borgmeier, 1960
Dohrniphora wilkinsoni Brown & Kung, 2007
Erioptera (Erioptera) andina Alexander, 1913
Esenbeckia (Esenbeckia) insignis Krober, 1931
Fannia canicularis Linnaeus, 1761Lesser house fly
Glyphidops coracinus Sepúlveda, W..., 2014
Glyphidops steyskali Sepúlveda, W..., 2014
Hemilucilia segmentaria Fabricius, 1805
Huascaromusca cordillera Wolff & Ramo..., 2017
Lepidodexia cochliomyia Townsend, 1919
Leucotabanus pauculus Fairchild, 1951
Limnophila (Limnophila) lloydi Alexander, 1913
Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819)⇒ Neomyia lauta Wiedemann, 1830
Lutzomyia (Evandromyia) monstruosa (Floch H., Ab..., 1944)⇒ Lutzomyia teratodes Martins A. V..., 1964
Lutzomyia aragaoi Costa Lima A., 1932
Lutzomyia bernalei Osorno-Mesa ..., 1967
Lutzomyia dendrophyla Mangabeira F..., 1942
Lutzomyia dreisbachi Causey O. R...., 1945
Lutzomyia runoides Fairchild G...., 1953
Mansonia (Mansonia) humeralis Loew, 1866
Megistopoda proxima Seguy, 1926
Melaloncha (Melaloncha) kungae Brown, 2005
Melaloncha acicula Brown, 2006
Melaloncha digitalis Borgmeier, 1959
Melaloncha punctifrons Borgmeier, 1934
Melaloncha striatula Borgmeier, 1934
Mesembrinella carvalhoi Wolff, Ramos..., 2013
Mesembrinella cordillera Wolff & Ramo..., 2017
Mesembrinella randa Walker, 1849
Metelasmus pseudopterus Coquillett, 1907
Musca (Musca) domestica (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Fannia canicularis Linnaeus, 1761
Myriophora angustifascia Hash & Brown, 2015
Myriophora diversa Hash & Brown, 2015
Myriophora inaequalisetarum Hash & Brown, 2015
Myriophora tenuis Hash & Brown, 2015
Ocyptamus (Pelecinobaccha) pilipes Schiner, 1868
Oligodranes anthonomus (Melander, 1946)⇒ Apolysis anthonoma Melander, 1946
Ornidia obesa Fabricius, 1775Syrphid fly
Oromyia lloydi Alexander, 1913
Paratrichobius longicrus Ribeiro, 1907
Peckia collusor Curran & Walley, 1934
Pedicia aspidoptera aspidoptera Lucas, 1900
Plagiocephalus latifrons Hendel, 1909
Plecia disparis Hardy, 1942
Pseudohypocera kerteszi Enderlein, 1912
Pseudonapomyza ommata Sasakawa, 2004
Pseudosciara paradoxa Pettey, 1918
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Pterella lucida Nesbitt, 1976
Puliciphora melanis Schmitz, 1951
Sarconesiopsis magellanica Le Guillou L..., 1842
Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) metopina Villeneuve, 1908
Sigmatomera (Austrolimnobia) plaumanniana Alexander, 1938
Speiseria peytoni Wenzel, 1976
Stephanotrypeta taeniaptera Bezzi, 1923
Stibasoma euglossa (Lutz, 1915)⇒ Stibasoma flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Strebla diaemi Wenzel, 1966
Strebla diphyllae Wenzel, 1966
Strebla guajiro Garcia & Casal, 1965
Strebla mirabilis Waterhouse, 1879
Tabanus discifer (Walker, 1850)⇒ Tabanus pungens Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus pungens Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Tabanus trivittatus Fabricius, 1805
Tipula (Eumicrotipula) carizona Alexander, 1913
Trichobius diaemi Wenzel, 1976
Trichobius diphyllae Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius furmani Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius joblingi Wenzel, 1966
Triphleba pachyneurella Schmitz, 1919
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) calosomata Dyar & Knab, 1907
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) pulcherrima Lynch Arribá..., 1891

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Region Amazonia
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
20
78
89
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
25
49
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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