Chloropidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Chloropidae
Subfamiliae (4): Chloropinae - Oscinellinae - Rhodesiellinae - Siphonellopsinae
Overview of genera (195 + 2†)
A

Acanthopeltastes – Agrophaspidium – Alajichlorops – Allomedeia – Alombus – Amnonella – Anacamptoneurum – Anatrichus – Anomoeoceros – Anthracophagella – Apallates – Aphanotrigonella – Aphanotrigonum – Apotropina – Aprometopis – Aragara – Archimeromyza – Arcuator – Assuania – Aulacogaurax –
B

Bathyparia – Batrachomyia – Benjaminella – Bharathella – Biorbitella – Bricelochlorops –
C

Cadrema – Calamoncosis – Camarota – Camptoscinella – Capnoptera – Cauloscinis – Caviceps – Centorisoma – Cerais – Ceratobarys – Cestoplectus – Cetema – Chaethippus – Chaetochlorops – Chloromerus – Chloropella – Chlorops – Chloropsina – Chromatopterum – Collessimyia – Coniochlorops – Conioscinella – Cordylosomides – Coroichlorops – Coryphisoptron – Crassivenula – Cryptonevra – Cyrtomomyia –
D

Dactylothyrea – Dasyopa – Deltastoma – Desertochlorops – Diastata – Dicraeus – Diplotoxa – Disciphus – Discogastrella – Dysartia –
E

Ectecephala – Elachiptera – Elachiptereicus – Elliponeura – Enderleiniella – Ensiferella – Epichlorops – Epimadiza – Eribolus – Eugaurax – Eurina – Eutropha –
F

Fiebrigella –
G

Gampsocera – Gaurax – Goniaspis –
H

Hapleginella – Heteroscinis – Heteroscinoides – Hippelates – Homalura – Homaluroides – Homops –
I

Incertella – Indometopis – Indophthalmus –
J

Javanoscinis –
K

Kurumemyia – Kwarea –
L

Lagaroceras – Lasiochaeta – Lasiosina – Leucochaeta – Lieparella – Liohippelates – Lioscinella – Lipara – Loxobathmis –
M

Malloewia – Mapachymerus – Medeventor – Meijerella – Melanochaetomyia – Melanum – Mepachymerus – Merobates – Merochlorops – Merodonta – Meromyza – Meromyzella – Metasiphonella – Metopostigma – Mimosepsis – Monochaetoscinella – Myrmecosepsis –
N

Neodiplotoxa – Neolcella – Neoloxotaenia – Neorhodesiella – Neoscinella – Nomba – Notaulacella –
O

Olcanabates – Olcella – Onychaspidium – Opetiophora – Oscinella – Oscinicita – Oscinimorpha – Oscinisoma – Oscinoides –
P

Pachylophus – Paracalamoncosis – Paracamarota – Paraeurina – Parameijerella – Parasiphonella – Parectecephala – Pemphigonotus – Phyladelphus – Platycephala – Platycephalisca – Platyina – Polyodaspis – Pselaphia – Pseudeurina – Pseudochromatopterum – Pseudogampsocera – Pseudogaurax – Pseudogoniopsita – Pseudonomba – Pseudopachychaeta – Pseudothaumatomyia – Pseudotricimba – Psilacrum – Psilochlorops – Pterogaurax –
R

Rhodesiella – Rhopalopterum –
S

Sabeurina – Sacatonia – Scoliophthalmus – Semaranga – Sepsidoscinis – Siphlus – Siphonella – Siphonellomyia – Siphonellopsina – Siphonellopsis – Siphunculina – Speccafrons – Steleocerellus – Stenophthalmus – Stenoscinis – Strandimyia – Strobliola –
T

Terusa – Thaumatomyia – Therina – Thressa – Thyridula – Togeciphus – Trichieurina – Tricimba – Tricimbomyia – Trigonomma – Tropidoscinis – Tylopterna –
V

Vanchium –
X

Xena – †Protoscinella – †Protoscinis

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, except fossils, minus (1) Musca
, plus (1) Alajichlorops
]

Check (1): Ischnochlorops
Name

Chloropidae Verrall, 1888

Primary references

Template:Verrall, 1888
Additional references

Deeming, J.C. 2018. A revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachylophus Loew (Diptera: Chloropidae) and some related Ovoviviparous genera. Zootaxa 4482(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.1 Paywall Reference page.
Kubik, Š. & Barták, M. 2017. Frit flies of Turkey with descriptions of two new species and new records (Diptera, Chloropidae). ZooKeys 667: 131—154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.667.10758. Reference page.
Liu, X-Y. & Yang, D. 2016. Two new species of genus Lasiosina Becker from China (Diptera, Chloropidae). Zootaxa 4168(2): 382–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.10. Reference page.
Mlynarek, J.J. 2019. Revision of the New World genus Enderleiniella Becker, 1912 (Diptera, Chloropidae). ZooKeys, 884: 107–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.884.36154 Open access Reference page.
Nartshuk, E.P. 2012: A check list of the world genera of the family Chloropidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Muscomorpha). Zootaxa, 3267: 1–43. Preview
Riccardi, P.R. & Amorim, D. de S.A. 2016. Revision of the Neotropical genus Coroichlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae). Zootaxa 4093(3): 435–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.3.9.Reference page.
Barrie, C.L. & Wheeler, T.A. 2015. Assembly of a Phragmites-associated Chloropidae (Diptera) fauna in North America: the Palearctic genus Cryptonevra Lioy in the Nearctic, and the genus Lipara Meigen in Canada. Zootaxa 4012(1): 198–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.1.12. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Bazyar, Z. & Silva, V.C. 2018. Two new species of Medeventor Wheeler from South America (Diptera, Chloropidae, Oscinellinae). Zootaxa 4407(4): 563–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.4.8 Reference page.
Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2010: Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names of the order Diptera. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers, 151: 5–7. Internet Archive
Nartshuk, E.P. 2009: Three new species of Chloropidae (Diptera) from southern Sardinia. Pp. 545-551 in: Cerretti, P.; Mason, F.; Minelli, A.; Nardi, G.; Whitmore, D. (eds), Research on the terrestrial arthropods of Sardinia (Italy). Zootaxa, 2318: 1–602. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Nartshuk, E.P. 2010: To the knowledge of the grassflies (Diptera: Chloropidae) of Greece with description of two new species. Acta zoologica bulgarica, 62(1): 61–70. abstract only seen
Nartshuk, E.P. 2013: Grassflies of the family Chloropidae (Diptera) on Mediterranean islands. Zoosystematica rossica 22(1): 129–140. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Narchuk, E.P., 2014: A new species of grass fly Diptera, Chloropidae Incertella tschernovi sp. n., from the Kyzylkum Desert. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 93 (1): 194–195.
Nartshuk, E.P.; Tschirnhaus, M. von 2012: New generic synonyms in the Chloropidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae), with additional taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 3267: 44–54. Preview
Ozerov, A.L., 2009: Contributions to the knowledge of European species of the genus Meromyza (Diptera: Chloropidae). Entomological Review 89 (1): 125–126. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873809010205
Riccardi, P.R. 2016. Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4114(1): 87–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.1.7. Reference page.
Riccardi, P.R. 2016. FAMILY CHLOROPIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 696–707. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.60. Reference page.
Riccardi, P.R., Bazyar, Z. & Lamas, C.J.E.. 2018. New genus of the subfamily Oscinellinae from Brazil (Diptera: Chloropidae). Zootaxa 4438(2): 394–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.13 Paywall Reference page.
Riccardi, P.R. & von Tschirnhaus, M. 2018. Revision of Camarota Meigen (Diptera: Chloropidae), with a new species from Uganda. Zootaxa 4526(2): 221–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.2.7 Paywall Reference page.
Safonkin, A.F., Yatsuk, A.A. & Triseleva, T.A. 2020. Variability of the key features and revision of a group of closely related species of grassflies (Diptera, Chloropidae, Meromyza). ZooKeys, 942: 65–75. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.942.49644 Open access Reference page.
Yang, D. & C.-K. Yang, 1995: The genus Rhodesiella from Yunnan (Diptera, Chloropidae). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 42(1): 55–62. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.19950420104

Links

BHL bibliography
Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Chloropidae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. {{{1}}}. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}}. Reference page.
Chloropidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chloropidae.
ION
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Chloropidae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).

Vernacular names
English: frit flies, grass flies
中文: 秆蝇科