Species list, Checklist of Order Diptera (Flies) for Somerville (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Somerville (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	28 51 55	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	28 51 55	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	25 48 52	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	24 46 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies	2 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Somerville (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
2 Families width 6 Species

Syrphidae Latreille, 1802	Drone flies	5	Species	Taxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830	Bristle Flies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Somerville (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
5 Genera with 6 Species

Cheilosia Meigen, 1780	Blacklets	1	Species	Taxom
Eristalis Latreille, 1758	Rat-tailed maggots	2	Species	Taxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 1758		1	Species	Taxom
Meliscaeva Frey, 1843		1	Species	Taxom
Sisyropa Brauer & von..., 1943		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Somerville (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
6 Species

Cheilosia bardus (Harris, 1780)	⇒ Cheilosia albitarsis Meigen, 1822
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) arbustorum Linnaeus, 1758	European Drone Fly
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758	Common Drone Fly
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Meliscaeva cinctella Zetterstedt, 1843	American Thintail Fly
Sisyropa alypiae Sellers, 1943

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Somerville (Middlesex County Massachusetts)

Suborder

Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies

2
5
6

Families
Genera
Species

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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