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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Tunapuna (Tunapuna-Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
86
369
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
86
369
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
81
350
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
58
321
366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
6
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tunapuna
6 Families width 10 Species
Tephritidae (Newman, 1834)Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842)Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tunapuna
8 Genera with 10 Species
Anastrepha Schiner, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1922Malaria Mosquitoes1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1965Fruit fly1SpeciesTaxom
Liriomyza Mik, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 19631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunapuna
10 Species
Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart, 1835)⇒ Anastrepha crebra Stone, 1942
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi Peryassú, 1922
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) scelio Alexander, 1965
Drosophila (Drosophila) dasycnemia Hardy, 1965Waihee Valley peperomia
Liriomyza commelinae Frost, 1931
Liriomyza strigata Meigen, 1830
Melanagromyza bidentis Spencer, 1966Rattlesnake weed
Melanagromyza eupatoriella Spencer, 1973
Ophiomyia camarae Spencer, 1963Abrams' sandmat

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Tunapuna
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
3
5
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

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