Species list, Checklist of Superorder Holometabola (Holometabolous Insects) for New Guinea (Australasia)

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 Superorder Holometabola Heider, 1889 (Holometabolous Insects)
and region New Guinea (Australasia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	397 4697 21747	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	396 4696 21746	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	381 4612 21406	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	237 3397 17247	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for New Guinea
237 Families width 17247 Species and 891 Subspecies

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Acroceridae Leach, 1815	Hunch-back flies	2	Species	Taxom
Aderidae Winkler, 1927	Ant-like leaf beetles	14	Species	Taxom
Agaonidae Walker, 1848	Fig wasp	21	Species	Taxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823	Leaf miner flies	59	Species	Taxom
Alucitidae Leach, 1815	Many Plumed Moths	39	Species	Taxom
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912	Window Midges	1	Species	Taxom
Anthelidae Turner, 1904	Australian Lappet Moths	14	Species	Taxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819	Ant beetles	283	Species	Taxom
Anthomyiidae Robineau-Des..., 1830	Anthomyiid flies	1	Species	Taxom
Anthribidae Billberg, 1820	Fungus Weevil	226	Species	Taxom
Apataniidae Wallengren, 1886	Early Smoky Wing Sedges	10	Species	Taxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802	Bumble bees	12	Species	Taxom
Arctiidae Leach, 1815	Footman moths	10	Species	Taxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802	Assassin flies	29	Species	Taxom
Attelabidae Billberg, 1820	Leaf Rolling Weevil	147	Species	Taxom
Belidae Schönherr, 1826	Belid Beetle	9	Species	Taxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821	Bibionid flies	49	Species	Taxom
Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861	Biphyllid beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Blephariceridae Loew, 1861	Mountain midges	2	Species	Taxom
Bombycidae Latreille, 1802	Lappet moths	25	Species	Taxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802	Bee Flies	10	Species	Taxom
Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802	Auger beetles	18	Species	Taxom
Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845	Cocoon-forming beetles	4	Species	Taxom
Brachodidae Agenjo, 1966	Little Bear Moths	12	Species	Taxom
Braconidae Latreille, 1829	Braconid wasps	4	Species	Taxom
Brentidae Billberg, 1820	Brenthidae	288	Species	Taxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815	Flat-headed wood-borers	266	Species	Taxom
Calamoceratidae Ulmer, 1905		13	Species	Taxom
Callidulidae Moore, 1877	Old World Butterfly Moths	8	Species	Taxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889	Blow flies	52	Species	Taxom
Callirhipidae Emden, 1924	Callirhipid beetles	7	Species	Taxom
Canaceidae (Jones, 1906)	Beach flies	3	Species	Taxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856	Cantharids	1	Species	Taxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802	Carabid beetles	1343	Species	Taxom
Carposinidae Walsingham, 1907	Carposinid moths	45	Species	Taxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834	Forest Midges	5	Species	Taxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802	Long Horn beetles	201	Species	Taxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834	Biting midge	184	Species	Taxom
Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820	Cerylid Kingfishers	4	Species	Taxom
Chalcididae Latreille, 1817	Chalcidid wasps	2	Species	Taxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834	Phantom midge	1	Species	Taxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842	Chironomids	20	Species	Taxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840	Chloropid flies	105	Species	Taxom
Choreutidae Stainton, 1854	Choreuitid Moths	15	Species	Taxom
Chrysididae Latreille, 1802	Chrysidid wasps	7	Species	Taxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802	Casebearers	169	Species	Taxom
Ciidae Leach, 1819	Minute tree fungus beetles	5	Species	Taxom
Clambidae Fischer, 1821	Fringe-winged beetles	3	Species	Taxom
Cleridae Latreille, 1802	Checkered Beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Clusiidae Schönherr, 1840	Clusiid flies	21	Species	Taxom
Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807	Coccinelles	3	Species	Taxom
Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825	Case moths	5	Species	Taxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841	Colletid bees	0	Species	Taxom
Conopidae Latreille, 1802	Thick-headed Flies	6	Species	Taxom
Copromorphidae Meyrick, 1905	Fig Borers	2	Species	Taxom
Corioxenidae Kinzelbach, 1970		3	Species	Taxom
Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876	Cosmet Moths	29	Species	Taxom
Cossidae Leach, 1815	Borers	65	Species	Taxom
Crabronidae Latreille, 1802	Bee Wolves	1	Species	Taxom
Crambidae Latreille, 1810	Crambid Snout Moths	293	Species	Taxom
Cucujidae Latreille, 1802	Flat bark beetles	14	Species	Taxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818	Mosquito	302	Species	Taxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802	Ambrosia beetles	1863	Species	Taxom
Cylindrotomidae (Mulsant, 1842)	Cylindrotomid Crane Flies	3	Species	Taxom
Cypselosomatidae Hennig, 1958	Cypselosomatid flies	1	Species	Taxom
Danaidae (Boisduval, 1833)	Milkweed Butterflies	1	Species	Taxom
Diopsidae Billberg, 1820	Stalk-eyed flies	2	Species	Taxom
Dipseudopsidae Ulmer, 1904		3	Species	Taxom
Discolomatidae Horn, 1878		17	Species	Taxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809	Long legged flies	203	Species	Taxom
Drepanidae Meyrick, 1895	Drepanids	100	Species	Taxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856	Fruit flies	180	Species	Taxom
Dryomyzidae Schiner, 1862	Dryomyzid flies	1	Species	Taxom
Dryopidae Billberg, 1820	Long toed water beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815	Diving beetles	136	Species	Taxom
Ecnomidae Ulmer, 1903		30	Species	Taxom
Elachistidae Bruand, 1851	Elachistid moths	20	Species	Taxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815	Click Beetle	151	Species	Taxom
Elenchidae Perkins, 1905		2	Species	Taxom
Elmidae Curtis, 1830	Drive beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809	Balloon flies	12	Species	Taxom
Endomychidae Leach, 1815	False Ladybirds	93	Species	Taxom
Epermeniidae Spuler, 1910	Epermeniid moths	2	Species	Taxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837	Brine flies	25	Species	Taxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815	Erebid Moths	1090	Species	Taxom
Erotylidae Latreille, 1802	Pleasing Fungus Beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892	Giant Lappet Moths	47	Species	Taxom
Eurytomidae Walker, 1832	Eurytomid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Euteliidae Grote, 1882	Euteliid Moths	170	Species	Taxom
Formicidae Latreille, 1809	Ants	996	Species	Taxom
Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854	Gelechiid moths	16	Species	Taxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815	Cankerworm moths	436	Species	Taxom
Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802	Dor beetles	15	Species	Taxom
Glossosomatidae Wallengren, 1891	Little Black Caddisflies	14	Species	Taxom
Glyphipterigidae Stainton, 1854	Glyphipterigid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Gobryidae Mcalpine, 1997		1	Species	Taxom
Goeridae Ulmer, 1903		1	Species	Taxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802	Whirligig beetle	17	Species	Taxom
Halictidae Thomson, 1869	Flower bees	2	Species	Taxom
Halictophagidae Perkins, 1905		4	Species	Taxom
Heleomyzidae (Westwood, 1840)	Heleomyzid flies	3	Species	Taxom
Heliodinidae Heinemann & ..., 1876	Heliodinid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Hepialidae Stephens, 1829	Ghost Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809	Skipper	73	Species	Taxom
Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825	Mud beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819	Keds	15	Species	Taxom
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808	Clown beetle	611	Species	Taxom
Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847	Pill scarab beetles	40	Species	Taxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820	Dance flies	33	Species	Taxom
Hydrobiosidae Ulmer, 1905		35	Species	Taxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802	Silver Water Beetles	11	Species	Taxom
Hydropsychidae Curtis, 1835	Net Spinning caddisflies	44	Species	Taxom
Hydroptilidae Stephens, 1836	Micro caddisflies	107	Species	Taxom
Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802	Ichneumon flies	75	Species	Taxom
Immidae Heppner, 1977	Imma Moths	18	Species	Taxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856	Fungus gnats	10	Species	Taxom
Laemophloeidae (Ganglbauer, 1899)	Lined flat bark beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817	Fireflies	14	Species	Taxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841	Eggar Moths	24	Species	Taxom
Latridiidae Erichson, 1842	Minute brown scavenger beetle	45	Species	Taxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835	Beach flies	58	Species	Taxom
Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947	Long-horned moths	153	Species	Taxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821	Round fungus beetles	6	Species	Taxom
Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Lepidostomatidae Ulmer, 1903	Bizarre Caddisflies	6	Species	Taxom
Leptoceridae Leach, 1815	Long Horned caddisflies	83	Species	Taxom
Limnichidae Erichson, 1846	Minute marsh loving beetle	6	Species	Taxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)	Craneflies	50	Species	Taxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861	Lance Flies	5	Species	Taxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804	Stag Beetle	184	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	481	Species	Taxom
Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821	Ship-timber beetle	5	Species	Taxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860	And Resin Bees	0	Species	Taxom
Melandryidae Leach, 1815	False Darkling Beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810	Blister Beetle	3	Species	Taxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798	Stilt Flies	26	Species	Taxom
Milichiidae Schiner, 1862	Filth flies	4	Species	Taxom
Monotomidae Laporte, 1840	Minute Clubbed Beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802	Pintail beetles	20	Species	Taxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802	Face flies	216	Species	Taxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834	Fungus Gnat	80	Species	Taxom
Myrmecolacidae Saunders, 1872		6	Species	Taxom
Nemestrinidae Macquart, 1834	Tangle-veined flies	3	Species	Taxom
Neminidae Mcalpine, 1983	Nobody Flies	1	Species	Taxom
Nepticulidae Stainton, 1854	Leaf miners	1	Species	Taxom
Neriidae Hendel, 1916	Banana stalk flies	10	Species	Taxom
Neurochaetidae Mcalpine, 1978	Upside-Down Flies	1	Species	Taxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809	Armyworms	199	Species	Taxom
Nolidae Hampson, 1894	Hatted Caterpillars	334	Species	Taxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829	Bag Shelter Moths	171	Species	Taxom
Nycteribiidae Samouelle, 1819	Bat Flies	3	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	212	Species	Taxom
Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851	Concealer Moths	22	Species	Taxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810	False Blister Beetle	2	Species	Taxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)	Picture-winged flies	1	Species	Taxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802	Apollos	48	Species	Taxom
Passalidae Leach, 1815	Bess beetle	78	Species	Taxom
Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914	Periscelidid Flies	1	Species	Taxom
Philopotamidae Stephens, 1829	Finger Net caddisflies	54	Species	Taxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833	Coffin Flies	61	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	124	Species	Taxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835	Cheese flies	2	Species	Taxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834	Big headed flies	10	Species	Taxom
Platypezidae Fallen, 1815	Flat footed flies	5	Species	Taxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862	Picture-winged flies	140	Species	Taxom
Polycentropodidae Ulmer, 1903	Tube Maker Caddisflies	20	Species	Taxom
Psilidae Macquart, 1835	Carrot flies	1	Species	Taxom
Psychidae Boisduval, 1828	Bagmoths	24	Species	Taxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834	Drain flies	256	Species	Taxom
Psychomyiidae Walker, 1852	Net Tube Caddisflies	7	Species	Taxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820	Pteromalid wasps	3	Species	Taxom
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841	Plume Moths	113	Species	Taxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843	Feather-wing beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836	Ptilodactylid beetles	17	Species	Taxom
Ptinidae Latreille, 1802	Death-watch and Spider Beetles	3	Species	Taxom
Pyralidae Latreille, 1802	Flour Moths	49	Species	Taxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868	Light Flies	3	Species	Taxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 2002		3	Species	Taxom
Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802	Snipe flies	8	Species	Taxom
Rhiniidae Brauer & Ber..., 1889		1	Species	Taxom
Rhinophoridae Robineau-Des..., 1863	Woodlouse flies	3	Species	Taxom
Riodinidae Grote, 1895	Metalmark Butterflies	5	Species	Taxom
Roeslerstammiidae Bruand, 1850	Double-eye moths	10	Species	Taxom
Salpingidae Leach, 1815	Narrow-waisted bark beetle	5	Species	Taxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834	Flesh flies	28	Species	Taxom
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837	And Giant Silk Moths	51	Species	Taxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802	Dung beetles	191	Species	Taxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834	Dung midges	6	Species	Taxom
Scelionidae Haliday, 1839	Scelionid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835	Window Flies	2	Species	Taxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820	Black fungus gnats	1	Species	Taxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820	Marsh Flies	2	Species	Taxom
Scirtidae Fleming, 1821	Marsh Beetle	5	Species	Taxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815	Mammoth wasps	8	Species	Taxom
Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856	Antlike leaf beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)	Ant-like stone beetles	19	Species	Taxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833	Black scavenger flies	12	Species	Taxom
Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828	Clear Wings	27	Species	Taxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807	Burying And Carrion Beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Silvanidae Kirby, 1837	Flat bark beetles	12	Species	Taxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834	Black flies	62	Species	Taxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835	Dung flies	22	Species	Taxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802	Digger & Sand wasps	3	Species	Taxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802	Hawk Moths	104	Species	Taxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900	Rove beetles	389	Species	Taxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 1978		5	Species	Taxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802	Soldier flies	153	Species	Taxom
Streblidae (Kolenati, 1863)	Bat flies	2	Species	Taxom
Strongylophthalmyiidae Hennig, 1940	Strongylophthalmyiid flies	4	Species	Taxom
Stylopidae Kirby, 1813	Strepsiptera	6	Species	Taxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802	Drone flies	113	Species	Taxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802	Breeze flies	63	Species	Taxom
Tachinidae (Robineau-Des..., 1830)	Bristle Flies	78	Species	Taxom
Tanyderidae Alexander, 1919	Primitive crane flies	5	Species	Taxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802	Darkling Beetle	6	Species	Taxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834	Fruit flies	289	Species	Taxom
Tethinidae (Hendel, 1916)	Tethinid flies	1	Species	Taxom
Therevidae Newman, 1834	Stiletto flies	7	Species	Taxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840	False metallic wood-boring beetles	7	Species	Taxom
Thynnidae Shuckard, 1841	Thynnid Wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Thyrididae Herrich-Schä..., 1846	Picture Winged Leaf Moths	3	Species	Taxom
Tineidae Latreille, 1810	& Allies	49	Species	Taxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802	Crane Flies	278	Species	Taxom
Tortricidae Latreille, 1803	Bell Moths	287	Species	Taxom
Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819)	Gnawer beetles	9	Species	Taxom
Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802	Bark gnawing beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835	Picture-winged Flies	1	Species	Taxom
Uraniidae Blanchard, 1845	Swallowtail Moths	171	Species	Taxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815	And Allies	3	Species	Taxom
Xenasteiidae Hardy, 1980		1	Species	Taxom
Xenidae Pohl & Beutel, 2005		2	Species	Taxom
Xylomyidae Verrall, 1901	Wood soldier flies	4	Species	Taxom
Xylophagidae Fallen, 1810	Awl-flies	4	Species	Taxom
Xyloryctidae Meyrick, 1890	Flower Moths	12	Species	Taxom
Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829	Ermine Moths	3	Species	Taxom
Zopheridae Solier, 1834	Cylindrical bark beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809	Burnet Forester	2	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Holometabola with occurrences in New Guinea

Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	65 1298 7004	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies, Two-Winged Flies	80 719 3431	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps	18 194 1140	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	53 1127 5217	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies, snow scorpionflies, Snowflies	1 3 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813 Parasitic insects, Strepsipterans, Stylops, Twisted-wing insects, Twisted-wing parasites, Twisted-winged Insects, twisted-winged parasite, Twisted-winged parasites	6 12 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Trichoptera Kirby, 1813 Caddis-Flies, Caddisflies, Caddisfly, Cased Caddis, Cased Caddis-Flies, Caseless Caddis, Caseless Caddis-Flies, Rail-flies, Sedge-flies	14 44 427	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Holometabola at itis.gov