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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region West Usambara Mountains (Usambara Mountains, Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
38
123
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
38
123
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
36
120
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
33
116
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
3
16
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Usambara Mountains
3 Families width 16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids14SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae (Newman, 1834)Forest Midges1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Usambara Mountains
16 Genera with 16 Species
Allocladius Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Allodia Winnertz, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Colosmittia Andersen & S..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Hydrosmittia Saether & Fe..., 2011
0SpeciesTaxom
Ionthosmittia Sæther & And..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Lerheimia Andersen & S..., 19933SpeciesTaxom
Lobosmittia Sæther & And..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Molleriella Sæther & Ekrem, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Perrisia Rondani, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Sciophila Meigen, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Tokyobrillia Kobayashi & ..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Usambaromyia Andersen & S..., 19941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Usambara Mountains
16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Bryophaenocladius imberbus Andersen & S..., 2000
Bryophaenocladius mazumbaiensis Andersen & S..., 2000
Bryophaenocladius usambarensis Andersen & S..., 2000
Colosmittia clavata Andersen & S..., 1993
Ionthosmittia caudiga Saether & An..., 1995
Lerheimia aviculata Andersen & S..., 1993
Lerheimia scopulata Andersen & S..., 1993
Lerheimia villangulata Andersen & S..., 1993
Lobosmittia basilobata Saether & An..., 1993
Molleriella kaputu Andersen, 2014
Nilothauma anderseni Adam & Saether, 1999
Parakiefferiella minax Ferrington &..., 1995
Perrisia vitis idaea (Kieffer, 1909)⇒ Dasineura vitisidaea Kieffer, 1909
Sciophila pinniger Soli, 1997
Tokyobrillia anderseni Saether & Wang, 1993
Usambaromyia nigrala Andersen & S..., 1994

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in West Usambara Mountains
SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
3
16
16
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