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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region West Guatemala (Guatemala)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
245
1392
1801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
244
1391
1801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
232
1351
1737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
171
1179
1587
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
33
132
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Guatemala
33 Families width 165 Species
#PTCASDBMEOKUH
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies7SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies7SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito47SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies7SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies1SpeciesTaxom
Streblidae Kolenati, 1863Bat flies3SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies3SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies5SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies9SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834Big headed flies1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge5SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies5SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies11SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820Marsh Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies3SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae (Brauer & Ber..., 1889)Blow flies4SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies4SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies3SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Pantophthalmidae Williston, 1906Timber flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds7SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies2SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies9SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Guatemala
132 Genera with 165 Species
#ABCDEFGHJLMNOPRSTUVWX
Acanthophorides Lacordaire, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Acinia Robineau-Des..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Acontistoptera Brues, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1856Ochlerotatus11SpeciesTaxom
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Agromyza Fallen, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Anastrepha Schiner, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1820Malaria Mosquitoes3SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1993Ant-decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Aspidoptera Coquillett, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Asyndetus Loew, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Boettcheria Parker, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Brachyanax Evenhuis, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Chetogena Brauer & von..., 18901SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Chortinus Aldrich, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Chrysanthrax Osten Sacken, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Chrysops Meigen, 1939Deer flies1SpeciesTaxom
Clistoabdominalis Skevington, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Condylostylus Bigot, 1929Long-Legged Fly1SpeciesTaxom
Coniceromyia Borgmeier, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Cremersia Schmitz, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito14SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1952Midge2SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1903Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyia Wiedemann, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Dichelacera Macquart, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Dictya Meigen, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1981Fruit fly1SpeciesTaxom
Dyctia Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Ecitophora Schmitz, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Ecitoptera Borgmeier & ..., 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Erichsonia Santos-Silva..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Erioptera Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Esenbeckia Rondani, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Euarestoides Benjamin, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Eumacronychia Townsend, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Eumecosomyia Hendel, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Euoestropsis Townsend, 01SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Geranomyia Haliday, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Guatemalia Steyskal, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1938Shoulder Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Helina Robineau-Des..., 20051SpeciesTaxom
Hermetia Latreille, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Hilarigona Collin, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Himantigera James, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1861Gnat Ogres1SpeciesTaxom
Joblingia Dybas & Wenzel, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Lepidanthrax Osten Sacken, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Limnophila Macquart, 1913Limnophila Crane Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Limomyza Marshall, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Lioscinella Duda, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1819Greenbottle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1896Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzomyia Franca, 1965Sand Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Lydinolydella Townsend, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrocera Meigen, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Merosargus Loew, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Mesembrinella Giglio-Tos, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Mesograpta Loew, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Molophilus Curtis, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Myolepta Newman, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 2015Millipede-killing Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosicarius Borgmeier, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoacanthoneura Hendel, 03SpeciesTaxom
Neodohrniphora Malloch, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Ocyptamus Macquart, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1939Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Pantophthalmus Thunberg, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Parabombylius Williston, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Paraclius Loew, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichobius Lima, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Paravilla Painter, 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Penthetria Meigen, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Philonicus Loew, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1942love bug1SpeciesTaxom
Poecilanthrax Osten Sacken, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Polionota Wulp, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Protodictya Malloch, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907Fire Ant Decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1904Gang Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Ravinia Robineau-Des..., 18611SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidia Meigen, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Rudolfina Rohá& 269;ek, 20201SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1908Common Flesh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sargus Fabricius, 1798
0SpeciesTaxom
Shannonomyia Alexander, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Silvius Meigen, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19499SpeciesTaxom
Speiseria Kessel, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenotabanus Lutz, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stibasoma Schiner, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Stichillus Enderlein, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Strebla Wiedemann, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Syneura Brues, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Systropus Wiedemann, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1859Common horse flies3SpeciesTaxom
Telmatoscopus Eaton, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Tephritis Latreille, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1900Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Toxotrypana Gerstaecker, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Trichobioides Wenzel, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Trichobius Gervais, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Triphleba Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1901Heaven Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Volucella Geoffroy, 1762
0SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1909Bromeliad Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Xanthandrus Verrall, 01SpeciesTaxom
Xenaspis Osten Sacken, 18811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Guatemala
165 Species
Acinia picturata Snow, 1894Sourbush seed fly
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes guatemala Berlin, 1969
Aedes homoeopus Dyar, 1922
Aedes insolitus Coquillett, 1906
Aedes podographicus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes quadrivittatus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes sandrae Zavortink, 1972Mat prickly gilia
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Agromyza oralis Frost, 1936
Anastrepha serpentina Wiedemann, 1830Dark fruit fly
Anopheles (Anopheles) hectoris Giaquinto Mira, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Apocephalus curtus Brown, 1993
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Aspidoptera delatorrei Wenzel, 1966
Asyndetus interruptus Loew, 1861
Boettcheria styx Pape & Dahlem, 1998
Brachyanax hemipenthes Evenhuis, 1988
Chetogena (Chetogena) scutellaris Wulp, 1890
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chortinus bequaerti Aldrich, 1932
Chrysops chiriquensis Fairchild, 1939
Clistoabdominalis condylostylus Skevington, 2001
Condylostylus semiciliatus Van Duzee, 1929
Coniceromyia striativena Borgmeier, 1963
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) metempsytus Dyar, 1921
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) pinarocampa Dyar & Knab, 1908
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted mosquito
Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culex) thriambus (Dyar, 1921)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Neoculex) derivator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culicoides castillae Fox, 1946
Culicoides stigmalis Wirth, 1952
Culiseta particeps Adams, 1903
Cyphomyia simplex Walker, 1860Mexican whorled milkweed
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) deliciae Fiarchild & ..., 1960
Dictya neffi Steyskal, 1960
Drosophila (Sophophora) sycophila Tsacas, 1981
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Erichsonia dentifrons Westwood, 1849
Erioptera (Mesocyphona) splendida Alexander, 1913
Esenbeckia (Ricardoa) yepocapa Fairchild, 1951
Euarestoides dreisbachi Foote, 1958Macmillan's fontinalis moss
Eumacronychia sternalis Allen, 1926
Eumecosomyia hambletoni Steyskal, 1966
Euoestropsis guatemalensis
Forcipomyia spangleri Meillon & Wirth, 1980
Forcipomyia varipennis Wirth & Will..., 1957Flowery phlox
Geranomyia cerberus Alexander, 1927
Geranomyia certhia Alexander, 1916
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) aequalis Alexander, 1916
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) delicata Alexander, 1913
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) subinermis Alexander, 1939
Guatemalia steaminata Wulp, 1897
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) anastasionis Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) mesodentatus Komp & Kumm, 1938
Helina altica Wang, Xue & ..., 2005
Hermetia anthidium James & Wirth, 1967Hester's cory cactus
Hilarigona brachygastra Philippi, 1865
Himantigera nigrifemorata Macquart, 1847
Holcocephala deltoidea Bellardi, 1861
Joblingia schmidti Dybas & Wenzel, 1947
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Limnophila (Limnophila) dictyoptera Alexander, 1922
Limnophila (Limnophila) guttulatissima Alexander, 1913
Limomyza sharkeyi Marshall, 1997
Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819)⇒ Neomyia lauta Wiedemann, 1830
Lutzia (Lutzia) bigoti Hart, 1896
Lutzomyia (Micropygomyia) cayennensis Lewis D. J., 1968
Lutzomyia anthophora Addis C. J., 1945
Lutzomyia yencanensis Ortíz I., 1965
Macrocera nephrotoma Matile, 1972
Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaselia rubronigra Borgmeier, 1962
Merosargus mirabilis James, 1971
Merosargus pictithorax Curran, 1933
Mesembrinella bicolor Fabricius, 1893
Mesembrinella formosa Aldrich, 1932
Mesembrinella socors (Walker, 1861)⇒ Mesembrinella bicolor Fabricius, 1893
Molophilus (Molophilus) psephenus Alexander, 1978
Myolepta mada Reemer & Hauser, 2005
Myriophora longisetarum Hash & Brown, 2015
Myriophora smithi Hash & Brown, 2015
Neoacanthoneura apicalis Kameneva, 0
Neoacanthoneura dryas Kameneva, 0
Neoacanthoneura euphrantina Kameneva, 0
Neolophonotus zopherus Londt, 1986
Ocyptamus megafemur Thompson, 2018
Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards, 1939
Pantophthalmus planiventris Wiedemann, 1821
Parabombylius syrinx Evenhuis, 1980
Paraclius albisignatus Parent, 1928
Paratrichobius dunni Curran, 1935
Penthetria distincta Hardy, 1945
Philonicus tuxpanganus Bellardi, 1862
Plecia parvistylata Hardy, 1942
Poecilanthrax arethusa Osten Sacken, 1886
Polionota kohnae Norrbom, 1988
Polionota reedae Norrbom, 1988
Protodictya nubilipennis Wulp, 1897
Pseudacteon crawfordi Coquillett, 1907Ant parasite
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) varipes Coquillett, 1904
Ravinia effrenata Walker, 1861
Rhipidia (Rhipidia) multiguttata Alexander, 1912
Rudolfina exuberata Paiero & Mar..., 2020
Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) metopina Villeneuve, 1908
Shannonomyia (Shannonomyia) lentoides Alexander, 1913
Silvius atitlanensis Hays, 1960
Simulium (Hemicnetha) pulverulentum Knab, 1915
Simulium (Notolepria) gonzalezi Vargas & Dia..., 1953
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) jacobsi Dalmat, 1953
Simulium (Simulium) kompi Dalmat, 1951
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium delatorrei Dalmat, 1950
Simulium ethelae Dalmat, 1950
Simulium microbranchium Dalmat, 1949
Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) littoreus Hine, 1907
Stibasoma euglossa (Lutz, 1915)⇒ Stibasoma flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Strebla hertigi Wenzel, 1966
Systropus xanthinus Painter & Pa..., 1963
Tabanus guatemalanus (Hine, 1906)⇒ Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus littoreus (Hine, 1907)⇒ Stenotabanus littoreus Hine, 1907
Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Telmatoscopus (Clogmia) albipunctata Williston, 1893
Tephritis conura Loew, 1844
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites grandiosus Williston, 1900
Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker, 1860Papaya fruit fly
Trichobioides perspicillatus Pessoa & Galvao, 1937
Trichobius costalimai Guimaraes, 1938
Trichobius diphyllae Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius dugesiodes Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius major Coquillett, 1899
Trichobius sparsus Kessel, 1925
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) coatzacoalcos Dyar & Knab, 1906
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) pertinans Williston, 1896
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Xanthandrus vittithorax
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in West Guatemala
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
25
100
85
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
32
80
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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