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Diptera (Flies and Mosquitoes)

 
 

Family: Acroceridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Lasia pulla (Philippi, 1865)   (rediscovered) Los Ríos Region, Chile Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Asilidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cophura hurdi Hull, 1960 Antioch robberfly ? Antioch Dunes, California, USA Missing Access
             
Heligmonevra insularis Engel, 1927 - ? Seychelles Missing Access
             
Notiolaphria cyaneogaster (Macquart, 1838) - ? Mauritius Missing Access

 

 

Family: Axymyiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Plesioaxymyia vespertina Sinclair, 2013 Verspertine plesioaxymyia (rediscovered) North America Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Calliphoridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Neta chilensis (Walker, 1837)   1984 Argentina & Chile Missing Access
             
Termitoloemus marshalli Baranov, 1936 - (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Cecidomyiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Coelodiplosis magnipennis

Kieffer, 1913 - (rediscovered) Taiwan Rediscovered Access
             
Pumilomyia protrahenda De Stefani, 1919 - (rediscovered) Palermo, Sicily, Italy Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Ceratopogonidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Forcipomyia opilionivora (Lane, 1947)   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Culicidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Aedes subalbirostris Klein & Marks, 1960 - (rediscovered) South Island (including Stewart Island), New Zealand Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Cypselosomatidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Clisa australis (McAlpine, 1966)   (rediscovered) eastern Australia Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Dixidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Dixa repanda Peters in Peters and Cook, 1966 - (rediscovered) Ozark Mountains, southern USA Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Dolichopodidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Emperoptera hardyi Evenhuis, 1997 - 27 September 1973 Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Emperoptera hawaiiensis Hardy & Delfinado, 1974 - 1973 Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Emperoptera mirabilis Grimshaw, 1902 Ko'Olau spurwing long-legged fly 1907 Tantalus Peak, O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Emperoptera zimmermani Evenhuis, 1997 - 1973 Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Poecilobothrus majesticus d'Assis-Fonseca, 1976   1907 United Kingdom Missing Access

 

Family: Drosophilidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Drosophila aglaia Hardy, 1965 - 1980 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila alsophila Hardy & Kaneshiro, 1971 Banded picturewing fly 1985 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila differens Hardy & Kaneshiro, 1975 - 1986 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila digressa Hardy & Kaneshiro, 1968 - ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila hemipeza (Hardy, 1965)   1983 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila heteroneura (Perkins, 1910) - - Kona, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila kinoole Magnacca in Magnacca & Price, 2012 - - Waianae Valley, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila lanaiensis Grimshaw, 1901 - - Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila musaphilia Hardy, 1965 Koa picturewing fly - Koa, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila neoclavisetae Perreira & Kaneshiro, 1990 - 18 September 1975 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila neogrimshawi Hardy & Kaneshiro, 1968 - - Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila obatai Hardy and Kaneshiro, 1972 - - Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila ochrobasis Hardy & Kaneshiro, 1968 Precious picturewing fly - Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila psilotarsalis Hardy & Kaneshiro, 1975 Barefooted picturewing fly 1985 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila reynoldsiae Hardy & Kaneshiro, 1972 - - Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila spaniothrix Hardy and Kaneshiro, 1968 - - Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Drosophila substenoptera Hardy, 1969 - 1991 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila tarphytrichia Hardy, 1965 - 1975 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Drosophila toxochaeta Perreira & Kaneshiro, 1990 - 1985 Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Pyrgometopa penicillata Kertész, 1901 - - Brazil, French Guyana and Peru Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Hybotidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chersodromia hawaiiensis Melander, 1938 Hawaiian dance fly ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access

 

Family: Limoniidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Dicranomyia basilewskyana Alexander, 1977 Basilewsky's cranefly (rediscovered) St. Helena Rediscovered Access
             
Molophilus flavocingulatus Alexander, 1928   (rediscovered) New South Wales, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Rhabdomastix incapax Starý, 2005 - (rediscovered Sardinia, Italy Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Mormotomyiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen, 1936 Terrible hairy fly, Hairy terrible fly (rediscovered) Kenya Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Muscidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Coenosia extincta Pont, 2009 - 1892 Mahé, Seychelles Extinct Access
             
Haematobosca zuluensis (Zumpt) - (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Mydidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus Cazier, 1941 - (rediscovered) Los Angeles, California, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Rhaphiomidas trochilus (Coquillett, 1892) Valley mydas fly, San Joaquin Valley giant flower-loving fly - San Joaquin Valley, California, USA Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Pelecorhynchidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Pelecorhynchus kroeberi (Lindner, 1925)   (rediscovered) Chile Rediscovered Access 

 

 

Family: Phoridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Nothomicrodon aztecarum (Wheeler, 1924) - (rediscovered) Brazil & Panama Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Piophilidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Centrophlebomyia anthropophaga Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 - (rediscovered) Kashmir Rediscovered Access
             
Centrophlebomyia furcata Fabricius, 1794 - (rediscovered) Europe Rediscovered Access
             
Thyreophora cynophila Panzer, 1794 - (rediscovered) Europe (including Spain) Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Pipunculidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Eudorylas semiopacus Lamb, 1922 - ? Seychelles & South Africa Rediscovered? Access
             
Microcephalops depauperatus Lamb, 1922 - ? Seychelles? Missing Access
             
Tomosvaryella sylvaticoides (Lamb, 1922) - ? Seychelles Missing Access

 

 

Family: Rhagionidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Rhagio chrysostigma (Loew, 1857)   (rediscovered) Italy & Slovenia Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Sarcophagidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Beludzhia phylloteliptera Rohdendorf, 1935 - (rediscovered) Iranian Beluchistan & United Arab Emirates Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Sciomyzidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Dictya disjuncta Orth, 1991 - (rediscovered) Indiana and Mississippi, USA Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Simuliidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Simulium paraloutetense Crosskey, 1988 Gran Canaria blackfly post-1994 Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, North Africa Extinct Access
             
Simulium raivavaense Craig and Porch, 2013 - Holocene Raivavae, Austral Islands, French Polynesia Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Syrphidae (Flower flies)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Argentinomyia berthae (Lima, 1946) Berthae’s long-antennae flower fly (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Riponnensia daccordii (Claussen, 1991)   5 August 1988 Corsica, France Missing Access 

 

 

Family: Tabanidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Asaphomyia texensis Stone, 1953 Texas asaphomyian tabanid fly ? Texas, USA Extinct Access
             
Stonemyia velutina Bigot, 1892 Velvety stonian horsefly, Volutine stonemyian tabanid fly (rediscovered) California, USA Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Tachinidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Mediosetiger microcephala Barraclough, 1983   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Tanyderidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Araucoderus gloriosus (Alexander, 1920) - (rediscovered) Chile Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Tephritidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Anastrepha matertela Zucchi, 1979 - (rediscovered) Bahia state, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Anastrepha tenella Zucchi, 1979 - (rediscovered) Bahia state, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Taomyia ocellata (Lamb, 1914) - ? Seychelles? Missing Access
             
Tephritis kogardtauica Hering, 1944 - (rediscovered) Middle East (Iran to Kyrgyzstan) Rediscovered Access
             
Urophora dzieduszyckii
Frauenfeld, 1867   - Ukraine Rediscovered Access

 

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