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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Wolfville (Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		20
24
24		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		20
24
24		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		20
24
24		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		14
17
16		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies		4
5
4		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Wolfville
4 Families width 4 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies2SpeciesTaxom
Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802Snipe flies0SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae (Newman, 1834)Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Wolfville
5 Genera with 4 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1903Ochlerotatus1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysops Meigen, 1848Deer flies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhagio Fabricius, 1775
Down-looker0SpeciesTaxom
Rhagoletis Loew, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1847Common horse flies1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wolfville
4 Species
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantator Coquillett, 1903Brown saltmarsh mosquito
Chrysops carbonarius Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Rhagoletis pomonella (. Walsh, 1867)⇒ Rhagoletis mendax Curran, 1932
Tabanus nigrovittatus Macquart, 1847Black-striped gad fly

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Wolfville
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies		3
4
3		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns		1
1
1		Family
Genus
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