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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsecta

Order Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758 · Flies

Species in this portal
180
Ecological class
111 trogloxenes, 56 troglophiles, 10 accidentals and 3 troglobionts
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
20 states and provinces
Counties
128
Karst regions
Appalachians, Hawaii, Interior Low Plateau, Ozarks

Families

  • Anthomyiidae 3 in portal
  • Bibionidae 1 in portal
  • Bolitophilidae 3 in portal
  • Calliphoridae 3 in portal
  • Cecidomyiidae 3 in portal
  • Ceratopogonidae 2 in portal
  • Chaoboridae 2 in portal
  • Chironomidae 8 in portal
  • Culicidae 21 in portal
  • Dolichopodidae 4 in portal
  • Drosophilidae 2 in portal
  • Dryomyzidae 1 in portal
  • Heleomyzidae 9 in portal
  • Hybotidae 2 in portal
  • Keroplatidae 4 in portal
  • Limoniidae 17 in portal
  • Muscidae 3 in portal
  • Mycetophilidae 26 in portal
  • Nycteribiidae 1 in portal
  • Pediciidae 2 in portal
  • Phoridae 12 in portal
  • Psychodidae 8 in portal
  • Ptychopteridae 1 in portal
  • Scathophagidae 1 in portal
  • Scatopsidae 1 in portal
  • Sciaridae 2 in portal
  • Simuliidae 6 in portal
  • Sphaeroceridae 15 in portal
  • Streblidae 1 in portal
  • Syrphidae 3 in portal
  • Tabanidae 1 in portal
  • Tachinidae 1 in portal
  • Tipulidae 7 in portal
  • Trichoceridae 4 in portal

Species in this portal

  • Actia diffidens GNR
  • Aedes abserratus Serrated Mosquito G5
  • Aedes aurifer Golden Bog Mosquito GNR
  • Aedes canadensis Woodland Pool Mosquito G5
  • Aedes cinereus
  • Aedes communis Snow Mosquito G5
  • Aedes fitchii G5
  • Aedes provocans Provoking Mosquito G5
  • Aedes punctor Moustique Pointu Provocateur Canadien G5
  • Aedes sticticus Floodwater Mosquito G5
  • Aedes stimulans Woodland Mosquito G5
  • Aedes triseriatus Eastern Treehole Mosquito G5 TN
  • Aedes vexans Vexans Mosquito G5
  • Americina adusta GNR
  • Amoebaleria defessa GNR AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MO, TN, WI
  • Anevrina olympiae GNR IA
  • Anopheles earlei G5
  • Anopheles punctipennis Woodland Malaria Mosquito G5 GA, IL, IN, KY, TN
  • Anopheles quadrimaculatus Common Malaria Mosquito G5 IL, IN
  • Basilia boardmani G3 FL
  • Bibio xanthopus Yellow-Footed March Fly GNR
  • Bittacomorpha clavipes Phantom Crane Fly GNR
  • Bolitophila cinerea GNR
  • Bolitophila hybrida GNR IN
  • Bolitophila perlata GNR
  • Bradysia forficulata GNR GA
  • Bremia caricis
  • Calliphora terraenovae NM
  • Calliphora vicina GA, IL
  • Calliphora vomitoria Orange-Bearded Bluebottle GNR GA, IN
  • Chaoborus albatus GNR
  • Chionea scita GNR KY
  • Chironomus decorus GNR GA
  • Chironomus plumosus Chironome Plumosus
  • Chrysops univittatus One-Striped Deer Fly G5 TN
  • Cladura flavoferruginea GNR IN
  • Conicera similis AL
  • Copestylum vesicularium Iridescent Bromeliad Fly G5 GA
  • Coquillettidia perturbans Cattail Mosquito G5
  • Culex erraticus GNR TN
  • Culex pipiens Northern House Mosquito G5 IL, IN, TN
  • Culex restuans White-Dotted Mosquito G5 TN
  • Culex territans Northern Frog-Biting Mosquito G5 GA
  • Culicoides paraensis TN
  • Culiseta impatiens Impatient Mosquito G5
  • Dactylolabis hudsonica GNR
  • Dactylolabis montana GNR MO
  • Dicranomyia humidicola GNR KY
  • Dicranomyia stulta GNR
  • Dicranota flaveola GNR
  • Dicrotendipes neomodestus GNR
  • Docosia paradichroa
  • Dohrniphora perplexa GNR AL
  • Dolichopeza dorsalis GNR
  • Dolichopeza tridenticulata GNR GA
  • Dolichopeza venosa GNR
  • Dolichopeza walleyi GNR GA
  • Dolichopus fulvipes GNR
  • Dolichopus penicillatus GNR
  • Drosophila funebris Azijnvlieg GNR
  • Dryomyza anilis Hooded Dryomyza GNR
  • Eupeodes volucris Large-Tailed Aphideater G4
  • Eutrichota affinis GNR IN
  • Eutrichota lipsia GNR IN
  • Exechia attrita
  • Exechia auxiliaria
  • Exechia bifurcata
  • Exechia obediens GNR
  • Exechia shawi TN
  • Exechia umbratica GNR IN
  • Exechiopsis nugax
  • Forcipomyia pholetor HI
  • Gnophomyia tristissima GNR IL
  • Gymnophora luteiventris GNR
  • Heleomyza brachypterna AR
  • Heleomyza serrata GNR IN, WI
  • Helius flavipes GNR
  • Leia cuneola AL, GA
  • Leptocera atra NM
  • Leptocera caenosa GNR GA
  • Leptopeza compta GNR
  • Lestodiplosis grassator GNR
  • Lestodiplosis satiata
  • Liancalus genualis GNR GA, IN
  • Limomyza cavernicola CO
  • Limonia annulata Syyssienikiekko
  • Limonia badia GNR
  • Limonia indigena GNR
  • Limonia maculicosta GNR
  • Limonia stulta AR
  • Macrocera hirsuta IN
  • Macrocera nobilis GNR AR, IL, KY, OK, TN
  • Manota obscura IN
  • Megaselia breviterga GA
  • Megaselia cavernicola GNR AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, KY, TN
  • Megaselia nigriceps GNR IN
  • Megaselia rufipes Hump-Backed Fly GNR IN, KY, NM
  • Megaselia spelunciphila GA
  • Meropelopia flavifrons
  • Metalimnobia cinctipes GNR
  • Mochlonyx cinctipes GNR
  • Musca domestica Common House Fly GNR IN
  • Muscina prolapsa Muscoid Fly GNR GA
  • Mycetophila analis IN
  • Mycetophila byersi GNR
  • Mycetophila fisherae GNR
  • Mycetophila ichneumonea GNR IN, TN
  • Mycetophila ruficollis
  • Mycetophila sordida GNR
  • Mycomya nitida GNR
  • Nepalomyia sombrea GA
  • Neuratelia sayi IN
  • Oecothea fenestralis GNR IN, KY, TN
  • Oecothea specus Small Cave Sun Fly AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, TN, VA, WI
  • Orfelia elegans
  • Ormosia affinis Cranefly GNR
  • Ormosia meigenii GNR IN
  • Parametriocnemus lundbeckii GNR
  • Pegoplata infirma GNR
  • Pericoma scotiae TN
  • Phaonia soccata GNR
  • Phronia exigua GNR
  • Phronia flavipes GNR
  • Phronia incerta IN
  • Pnyxia scabiei Potato Scab Gnat KY
  • Procladius bellus GNR GA
  • Prosimulium mixtum Mixed-Up Black Fly G5
  • Prosimulium saltus GA
  • Pseudoleria parvitarsus GNR NM
  • Psychoda cinerea GNR KY
  • Psychoda minuta GNR IN
  • Psychoda phalaenoides GNR
  • Psychoda pusilla GA
  • Psychoda reevesi GA, TN
  • Psychoda satchelli GNR
  • Psychoda umbracola IL, TN
  • Puliciphora suavis AL
  • Puliciphora virginiensis GA
  • Rudolfina cavernicola CO
  • Rymosia fasciata IN
  • Rymosia filipes GNR IN, TN
  • Rymosia triangularis GNR AL, IL
  • Scatopse notata Black Compost Fly GNR IL
  • Scoliocentra brachypterna GNR GA, IA, IL, IN, KY
  • Scoliocentra fraterna GNR IN
  • Scoliocentra tincta IN
  • Simulium parnassum Dark Black Fly GNR GA
  • Simulium tuberosum Tubercled Black Fly G5
  • Simulium venustum Whitestockinged Black Fly G5
  • Simulium vernum
  • Spelobia clunipes GNR VA
  • Spelobia maculipennis GNR CO
  • Spelobia pseudosetaria GNR CO
  • Spelobia semioculata GNR IA, IL, TN, VA, WI
  • Spelobia tenebrarum Cave dung fly G5 AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MO, NY, OK, PA, TN, VA, WV
  • Spelobia tuberculosa GNR CO
  • Speolepta leptogaster IN
  • Spiniphora slossonae GNR AL
  • Stegana coleoptrata Pomace Fly
  • Stenochironomus pulchripennis GNR
  • Syrphus rectus
  • Tachypeza humeralis GNR
  • Tanytarsus recurvatus GNR GA
  • Tarnania tarnanii GNR
  • Telomerina cana AL, TN
  • Telomerina chillcotti GNR TN, TX
  • Telomerina flavipes GNR AR
  • Terrilimosina racovitzai GNR IA, IL, NY, PA, WI
  • Tipula abdominalis Giant Crane Fly GNR GA
  • Tipula algonquin GNR AR
  • Tipula caloptera GNR
  • Trichobius major GNR FL, NM
  • Trichocera fattigiana GA
  • Trichocera hiemalis Winterpluimantennemug GNR
  • Trichocera maculipennis GNR
  • Trichocera regelationis Dooimug GNR IA, IL
  • Tylparua troglodytes HI
  • Ula elegans GNR
  • Ulomorpha pilosella GNR KY
  • Xenolimosina sicula GNR CO

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