List of Diptera of Ireland Superfamilies Xylophagoidea, Tabanoidea, Stratiomyoidea, Nemestrinoidea, Asiloidea explained

List of Diptera of Ireland Superfamilies Xylophagoidea, Tabanoidea, Stratiomyoidea, Nemestrinoidea, AsiloideaPart of List of Diptera of Ireland

Superfamily Xylophagoidea

Xylophagidae

• Xylophagus ater Meigen 1804

Superfamily Tabanoidea

Athericidae

• Atherix ibis (Fabricus 1798)
• Atherix marginata (Fabricius 1781)

Rhagionidae

• Chrysopilus asiliformis (Preyssler 1791)
• Chrysopilus cristatus (Fabricius 1775)
• Rhagio lineola Fabricius 1794
• Rhagio scolopaceus (Linnaeus 1758)
• Rhagio tringarius (Linnaeus 1758)

Spaniidae

• Symphoromyia crassicornis (Panzer 1806)
• Ptiolina obscura (Fallén, 1814)
• Spania nigra Meigen, 1830

Tabanidae

• Atylotus fulvus (Meigen 1804)
• Chrysops caecutiens (Linnaeus 1758)
• Chrysops relictus Meigen 1820
• Chrysops sepulcralis (Fabricius 1794)
• Chrysops viduatus (Fabricius 1794)
• Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg 1848
• Haematopota pluvialis (Linnaeus 1758)
• Hybomitra montana (Meigen 1820)
• Hybomitra muehlfeldi (Brauer 1880)
• Tabanus bromius Linnaeus 1758
• Tabanus sudeticus Zeller 1842

Superfamily Stratiomyoidea

Stratiomyidae

• Beris chalybata (Forster 1771)
• Beris clavipes (Linnaeus 1767)
• Beris fuscipes Meigen 1820
• Beris geniculata Curtis 1830
• Beris morrisii Dale 1841
• Beris vallata (Forster 1771)
• Chloromyia formosa (Scopoli 1763)
• Chorisops nagatomii Rozkosny 1979
• Chorisops tibialis (Meigen 1820)
• Microchrysa cyaneiventris (Zetterstedt 1842)
• Microchrysa flavicornis (Meigen 1822)
• Microchrysa polita (Linnaeus 1758)
• Nemotelus nigrinus Fallen 1817
• Nemotelus notatus Zetterstedt 1842
• Nemotelus pantherinus (Linnaeus 1758)
• Nemotelus uliginosus (Linnaeus 1767)
• Oplodontha viridula (Fabricius 1775)
• Oxycera fallenii Staeger 1844
• Oxycera morrisii Curtis 1833
• Oxycera nigricornis Olivier 1812
• Oxycera pardalina Meigen 1822
• Oxycera pygmaea (Fallen 1817)
• Oxycera trilineata (Linnaeus 1767)
• Pachygaster atra (Panzer 1798)
• Pachygaster leachii Curtis 1824
• Sargus bipunctatus (Scopoli 1763)
• Sargus flavipes Meigen 1822
• Sargus iridatus (Scopoli 1763)
• Stratiomys singularior (Harris 1776)
• Vanoyia tenuicornis (Macquart 1834)
• Zabrachia tenella (Jaennicke 1866)

Superfamily Nemestrinoidea

Acroceridae

• Acrocera orbiculus (Fabricius, 1787)

Superfamily Asiloidea

Bombyliidae

• Bombylius canescens Mikan 1796
• Bombylius major Linnaeus 1758
• Phthiria pulicaria (Mikan 1796)
• Villa modesta (Meigen 1820)

Therevidae

• Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805)
• Dialineura anilis (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Thereva nobilitata (Fabricius, 1775)

Scenopinidae

• Scenopinus fenestralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Scenopinus niger (De Geer, 1776)

Asilidae

• Machimus cowini (Hobby, 1946)
• Neoitamus cyanurus (Loew, 1849)
• Philonicus albiceps (Meigen, 1820)

References

• Chandler, P.J. 1975. An account of the Irish species of two-winged flies (Diptera) belonging to the families of Larger Brachycera (Tabanoidea and Asiloidea). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol.75, Section B, No. 2. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin
• Van Veen Key Illustrated Identification keys
• Harold Oldroyd, 1969 Diptera, Brachycera : section (a) : Tabanoidea and Asiloidea Handbooks for the identification of British insects, v. 9, pt. 4 Royal Entomological Society of London. pdf
• Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909)BHL Full text with illustrations