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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 01-09-2006 14:56
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi I wonder how many fly families are there over world? Here in diptera, so far there are 70 families... I know, for example, so far there are 111 spider families. You can confirm here: http://research.a...NTRO3.html http://research.a...OUNTS.html Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 01-09-2006 16:32 |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 01-09-2006 15:16
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
A quick count of Geller-Grimms list (http://www.geller-grimm.de/famil.htm) gives Nematocera: 40 familes Brachycera 'Orthorrhapha': 30 families Brachycera 'Cyclorrhapha': 103 families Total: 173 Counted by hand so the number is probably off by a few. And some family divisions are not universally accepted. Since families are a 100% artificial classification scheme there will probably never be a official number of families. Kahis |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 01-09-2006 15:46
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
As Kahis says there is no universal agreement . Ranking is the problem. The family (for Linnaeus the Genus), though, is the most readily recognized taxon (see Glossary for this term) in Diptera. Also see Glossary info for the family (See top left menu Then>F > then family "The two suborders of Diptera are divided thus: the Nematocera are divided into 77 families of which 35 are extinct ( fossil only ) and the Brachycera are divided into 141 families of which 8 are extinct." For a list see Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Families_of_Diptera At the bottom is an old but still very useful download Family Group Names in Diptera and Bibliography by Sabrosky There is also the Classification link (top left again) and it's explanatory note, but not for World species. Cheers Robert |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 01-09-2006 15:48
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Kahis wrote: A quick count of Geller-Grimms list (http://www.geller-grimm.de/famil.htm) gives Nematocera: 40 familes Brachycera 'Orthorrhapha': 30 families Brachycera 'Cyclorrhapha': 103 families Total: 173 Counted by hand so the number is probably off by a few. And some family divisions are not universally accepted. Since families are a 100% artificial classification scheme there will probably never be a official number of families. Agree totally! Of course, the number will be always different. New classifications, new specimens, new reclassifications, corrections, etc etc will give us different numbers and never a fix one. The only natural taxon is perhaps specie.  It is just to have an idea of familes known by approximity.  But for spiders, there is more consense than for dipters. Thank you! |
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