Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions
(online version)
Edited by Neal L. Evenhuis
Originally published 23 August 1989 by Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill, this catalog of 1,155 pp. recorded approximately 16,000 species of flies occurring in the vast area of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the Pacific. Updates were originally made via the Pacific Basin Diptera News newsletter. The volume of publications since then, have made it necessary to publish an updated version of the catalog. This web version is intended to present the most up-to-date version of each family chapter of the catalog and will be periodically updated as published information becomes available. In order to ensure that the information here is current, please email pdfs or reprints of your published articles dealing with Diptera of this area to me: neale[at]bishopmuseum[dot]org or to Neal Evenhuis, Dept. Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817-2704, USA. Any corrections to the information on these pages that is based on published information should be sent to me along with the supporting literature citations so they can be reviewed and incorporated.
Chapters began to be posted on the web starting in July 1996 and was one of the first websites to have an online taxonomic catalog for any organism. In the table below, pdf files are given for the original 1989 chapters; html files are the latest update posted online. Literature dealing with Diptera from these areas is continually monitored and gathered and updates to family chapters have appeared online at irregular intervals. Dates in red indicate most recent updates. Families and dates with a pale tan background indicate no change to that family since that 1989 catalog (the 1996 date for those families is the date of posting on the web).
Family Classification: Numerous changes have taken place in the family classification of Diptera since the 1989 catalog. Changes are indicated in the table below of new family or merged families. Current family classification follows that of the Systema Dipterorum (SD).
Acknowledgments: The National Science Foundation provided initial support of the cataloging effort that lead to the printed publication in 1989. Various colleagues have freely given of their time to help with this updated online information -- either through donations of reprints or pdf files or editing and review of various family chapters. They are too numerous to list here but their help is much appreciated!
A note about authorship: Each family chapter in the original catalog had separate authorship. If no changes have been made to the original text, the authorship of this web version remains the same as that chapter. If any updates have been made to a chapter, the byline has been modified to "[Originally] by ...". If citation of the updated web page is necessary, the compiler (Neal L. Evenhuis) should be cited as author unless otherwise specified in the byline.
Example citation:
Evenhuis, N.L. [year of last revision] Family Hybotidae. In:
Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian
Regions. (online version). Available at: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/hybotidae.html
(Last accessed: [give date)].
Introduction - read for explanation of abbreviations used in the catalog chapters below.
| Family chapters: | |||||
| Family | Species | Genera | Current | 1989 | Last Revised |
| Tanyderidae | 21 | 4 | HTML | 19 July 1996 | |
| Tipulidae | 372 | 16 | HTML | 17 June 2011 | |
| Cylindrotomidae (was in Tipulidae) | 8 | 2 | HTML | — | 24 May 2007 |
| Limoniidae (was in Tipulidae) | 2178 | 56 | HTML | — | 16 April 2016 |
| Pediciidae (was in Tipulidae) | 5 | 1 | HTML | — | 21 May 2007 |
| Trichoceridae | 27 | 4 | HTML | 24 May 2007 | |
| Blephariceridae | 41 | 10 | HTML | 4 August 2006 | |
| Bibionidae | 96 | 4 | HTML | 24 May 2007 | |
| Ditomyiidae | 37 | 2 | HTML | 2 September 1996 | |
| Diadocidiidae | 6 | 1 | HTML | 16 December 2011 | |
| Keroplatidae | 161 | 31 | HTML | 16 December 2011 | |
| Lygistorrhinidae | 4 | 1 | HTML | 17 June 2011 | |
| Mycetophilidae | 347 | 61 | HTML | 17 April 2016 | |
| Sciaridae | 381 | 30 | HTML | 17 June 2018 | |
| Rangomaramidae new) (incl. Ohakunea) | 16 | 5 | HTML | — | 15 December 2011 |
| Unplaced Mycetophiliformia | 1 | 1 | HTML | 24 May 2007 | |
| Cecidomyiidae | 355 | 73 | HTML | 29 June 2016 | |
| Perisommatidae | 4 | 1 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Psychodidae | 446 | 30 | HTML | 15 April 2016 | |
| Anisopodidae | 16 | 3 | HTML | 25 May 2007 | |
| Valseguyidae | 1 | 1 | HTML | — | 25 May 2007 |
| Scatopsidae | 72 | 15 | HTML | 25 May 2007 | |
| Canthyloscelididae | 5 | 1 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Dixidae | 18 | 5 | HTML | 3 June 2007 | |
| Corethrellidae | 11 | 1 | HTML | 1 January 2012 | |
| Chaoboridae | 8 | 3 | HTML | 15 December 2011 | |
| Culicidae | 619 | 22 | HTML | 29 May 2007 | |
| Thaumaleidae | 39 | 3 | HTML | 15 December 2011 | |
| Simuliidae | 213 | 2 | HTML | 29 August 2012 | |
| Ceratopogonidae | 857 | 37 | HTML | 17 April 2016 | |
| Chironomidae | 545 | 130 | HTML | 17 April 2016 | |
| Tabanidae | 509 | 32 | HTML | 17 April 2016 | |
| Spaniidae (was in Rhagionidae) | 7 | 1 | HTML | — | 24 May 2007 |
| Austroleptidae (was in Rhagionidae) | 3 | 1 | HTML | — | 24 May 2007 |
| Athericidae | 15 | 3 | HTML | 23 May 2007 | |
| Rhagionidae | 110 | 4 | HTML | 15 December 2011 | |
| Pelecorhynchidae (now in Rhagionidae) | — | — | — | ||
| Xylophagidae | 10 | 3 | HTML | — | 30 April 2008 |
| Rachiceridae (now in Xylophagidae) | — | — | — | ||
| Exeretonevridae (now in Xylophagidae) | — | — | — | ||
| Xylomyidae | 11 | 1 | HTML | 19 June 2018 | |
| Stratiomyidae | 420 | 101 | HTML | 16 April 2016 | |
| Mydidae | 44 | 4 | HTML | 2 June 2013 | |
| Apioceridae | 74 | 1 | HTML | 15 April 2016 | |
| Asilidae | 583 | 86 | HTML | 15 June 2018 | |
| Scenopinidae | 89 | 6 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Therevidae | 395 | 27 | HTML | 20 April 2016 | |
| Apsilocephalidae (was in Therevidae) | 3 | 2 | HTML | — | 15 December 2011 |
| Mythicomyiidae (was in Bombyliidae) | 6 | 4 | HTML | — | 22 February 2012 |
| Bombyliidae | 473 | 67 | HTML | 21 June 2018 | |
| Acroceridae | 57 | 8 | HTML | 13 April 2016 | |
| Nemestrinidae | 55 | 6 | HTML | 2 October 1997 | |
| Empididae | 182 | 33 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Oreogetonidae (was in Empididae) | 5 | 2 | HTML | — | 29 April 2008 |
| Hybotidae (was in Empididae) | 112 | 23 | HTML | — | 19 June 2018 |
| Homalocnemidae (was in Empididae) | 4 | 1 | HTML | — | 30 April 2008 |
| Brachystomatidae (was in Empididae) | 50 | 8 | HTML | — | 11 February 2012 |
| Iteaphila group (was in Empididae) | 1 | 1 | HTML | — | 29 April 2008 |
| Dolichopodidae | 1392 | 94 | HTML | 13 July 2018 | |
| Lonchopteridae | 1 | 1 | HTML | 27 August 1996 | |
| Platypezidae | 26 | 3 | HTML | 23 May 2007 | |
| Ironomyiidae | 1 | 1 | HTML | 27 August 1996 | |
| Phoridae | 305 | 40 | HTML | 15 April 2016 | |
| Sciadoceridae | 1 | 1 | HTML | 27 August 1996 | |
| Pipunculidae | 144 | 13 | HTML | 17 June 2011 | |
| Syrphidae | 427 | 57 | HTML | 17 April 2016 | |
| Conopidae | 109 | 19 | HTML | 23 May 2012 | |
| Cypselosomatidae (incl. Pseudopomyzidae) | 10 | 3 | HTML | 29 April 2008 | |
| Micropezidae | 82 | 12 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Neriidae | 22 | 6 | HTML | 27 August 1996 | |
| Gobryidae (was Megamerinidae) | 2 | 1 | HTML | 22 May 2007 | |
| Strongylophthalmyiidae | 9 | 1 | HTML | 8 April 2016 | |
| Psilidae | 4 | 3 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Diopsidae | 4 | 4 | HTML | 10 January 1998 | |
| Nothybidae | 2 | 1 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Lonchaeidae | 58 | 4 | HTML | 13 April 2016 | |
| Ulidiidae (was Otitidae) | 25 | 11 | HTML | 24 May 2007 | |
| Platystomatidae | 523 | 24 | HTML | 16 April 2016 | |
| Pyrgotidae | 73 | 17 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Tephritidae | 859 | 149 | HTML | 20 April 2016 | |
| Pallopteridae | 10 | 2 | HTML | 27 August 1996 | |
| Piophilidae | 8 | 2 | HTML | 21 May 2007 | |
| Clusiidae | 75 | 8 | HTML | 15 April 2016 | |
| Odiniidae | 2 | 2 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Agromyzidae | 279 | 17 | HTML | 13 April 2016 | |
| Anthomyzidae | 3 | 2 | HTML | 16 December 2011 | |
| Neminidae (orig. as Aulacigastridae) | 7 | 1 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Periscelididae | 28 | 4 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Stenomicridae (now in Periscelididae) | — | — | — | ||
| Asteiidae | 37 | 8 | HTML | 19 June 2018 | |
| Xenasteiidae | 6 | 1 | HTML | 15 December 2011 | |
| Milichiidae | 46 | 11 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Australimyzidae | 9 | 1 | HTML | 8 June 2007 | |
| Carnidae | 1 | 1 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Braulidae | 1 | 1 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Fergusoninidae | 36 | 1 | HTML | 16 April 2016 | |
| Teratomyzidae | 8 | 5 | HTML | 7 December 2012 | |
| Coelopidae | 21 | 11 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Dryomyzidae | 1 | 1 | HTML | 28 May 2007 | |
| Sciomyzidae | 45 | 8 | HTML | 9 December 2017 | |
| Phaeomyiidae (was in Sciomyidae) | 1 | 1 | HTML | — | 28 May 2007 |
| Huttoninidae | 7 | 1 | HTML | 28 May 2007 | |
| Helosciomyzidae | 28 | 10 | HTML | 15 April 2016 | |
| Sepsidae | 29 | 9 | HTML | 16 December 2011 | |
| Helcomyzidae | 2 | 2 | HTML | 17 August 1996 | |
| Lauxaniidae | 440 | 64 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Celyphidae | 2 | 2 | HTML | 27 August 1996 | |
| Chamaemyiidae | 41 | 1 | HTML | 3 June 2007 | |
| Eurychoromyiidae (now in Unplaced Acalypteratae) | — | — | — | ||
| Heleomyzidae | 94 | 24 | HTML | 16 April 2016 | |
| Chryomyidae | 5 | 3 | HTML | 3 June 2007 | |
| Nannodastiidae (was in Chyromyidae) | 1 | 1 | HTML | — | 25 May 2007 |
| Sphaeroceridae | 158 | 34 | HTML | 15 April 2016 | |
| Curtonotidae | 1 | 1 | HTML | 2 September 1996 | |
| Drosophilidae | 1194 | 44 | HTML | 21 June 2018 | |
| Ephydridae | 208 | 53 | HTML | 15 April 2016 | |
| Chloropidae | 530 | 65 | HTML | 8 March 2012 | |
| Cryptochetidae | 4 | 2 | HTML | 2 September 1996 | |
| Canacidae | 81 | 18 | HTML | 13 April 2016 | |
| Tethinidae (now in Canacidae) | — | — | — | ||
| Neurochaetidae | 4 | 2 | HTML | 2 September 1996 | |
| Unplaced taxa of Acalyptratae | 5 | 3 | HTML | 23 May 2007 | |
| Anthomyiidae | 15 | 5 | HTML | 3 June 2007 | |
| Muscidae | 735 | 50 | HTML | 16 April 2016 | |
| Fanniidae | 21 | 4 | HTML | 3 June 2007 | |
| Mystacinobiidae (was in Calliphoridae) | 1 | 1 | HTML | — | 24 May 2007 |
| Calliphoridae | 299 | 33 | HTML | 8 April 2016 | |
| Rhiniidae (was in Calliphoridae) | 23 | 7 | HTML | — | 31 May 2007 |
| Oestridae | 8 | 5 | HTML | 24 May 2007 | |
| Gasterophilidae (now in Oestridae) | — | — | — | ||
| Sarcophagidae | 177 | 18 | HTML | 17 April 2016 | |
| Scathophagidae | 1 | 1 | HTML | — | 25 May 2007 |
| Rhinophoridae (new) | 24 | 7 | HTML | — | 15 April 2016 |
| Tachinidae | 916 | 238 | HTML | 7 March 2012 | |
| Hippoboscidae | 58 | 12 | HTML | 22 May 2007 | |
| Nycteribiidae | 70 | 9 | HTML | 17 April 2016 | |
| Streblidae | 20 | 5 | HTML | 17 December 2011 | |
| Totals | 20012 | 2274 | 13 July 2018 | ||
| (1989 totals) | (15764) | (2021) | |||
| Appendix I: | |||||
| Antarctic/Subantarctic Diptera | 61 | 36 | HTML | 23 May 2007 | |
| Appendix II: | |||||
| Fossil A/O Diptera | 15 | 15 | HTML | 8 March 2013 | |
| Literature Cited | HTML | 19 September 1999 |
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