Entomology Department

DIPTERA GREENLAND COLLECTION OF THE ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM COPENHAGEN

The collection of Diptera from Greenland includes alcohol and dry material. The following list is complete only for the dry material and the families are in alphabetic order. The collection contains about 22000 specimens in 250 species from 30 families. At the end of the file, you will find a list of our Greenland material that is not sorted to species

 

 Family Genus Species Author Number of specimens
Agromyzidae Cerodontha lindrothi Griffiths, 1964 3
Agromyzidae Cerodontha thulensis Griffiths, 1966 3
Agromyzidae Napomyza parvicella Coquillett, 1902) 3
Agromyzidae Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundbeck, 1901) 104
Agromyzidae Phytomyza aquilonia Frey, 1946 12
Agromyzidae Phytomyza fuscula Zetterstedt, 1838 87
Agromyzidae Phytomyza opacella Hendel, 1935 12
Agromyzidae Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) 16
Agromyzidae Phytomyza varipes Macquart, 1835 2
Anthomyiidae Botanophila betarum (Lintner, 1883) 104
Anthomyiidae Botanophila moriens (Zetterstedt, 1845) 3
Anthomyiidae Botanophila profuga (Stein, 1916) 66
Anthomyiidae Botanophila rubrigena (Schnabl, 1915) 54
Anthomyiidae Delia echinata (Séguy, 1923) 129
Anthomyiidae Delia fabricii (Homgren, 1873) 143
Anthomyiidae Delia groenlandica Griffiths, 1993 13
Anthomyiidae Delia platura (Meigen, 1826) 38
Anthomyiidae Delia radicum (Linnaeus, 1758) 15
Anthomyiidae Egle bicaudata? (Malloch, 1920) 80
Anthomyiidae Eutrichota tunicata (Zetterstedt, 1846) 6
Anthomyiidae Fucellia ariciiformis (Holmgren, 1872) 84
Anthomyiidae Fucellia fucorum (Fallén, 1819) 102
Anthomyiidae Fucellia maritima (Haliday, 1838) 11
Anthomyiidae Fucellia pictipennis Becker, 1907 26
Anthomyiidae Fucellia tergina (Zetterstedt, 1845) 6
Anthomyiidae Fucellia vibei Collin, 1951 2
Anthomyiidae Lasiomma octoguttatum (Zetterstedt, 1845) 32
Anthomyiidae Lasiomma picipes (Meigen, 1826) 218
Anthomyiidae Paradelia intersecta (Meigen, 1826) 26
Anthomyiidae Paregle audacula (Harris, 1780) 32
Anthomyiidae Pegohylemyia biseriata Huckett 1
Anthomyiidae Pegomya circumpolaris Ackland & Griffiths, 1983 20
Anthomyiidae Pegomya flavifrons (Walker, 1849) 6
Anthomyiidae Pegomya ruficeps Fallén 1
Anthomyiidae Pegomya tenera (Zetterstedt, 1838) 16
Anthomyiidae Pegomya zonata (Zetterstedt, 1838) 32
Anthomyiidae Pegomyia circumpolaris Ackland & Griffiths, 1983 16
Anthomyiidae Pegomyia flavifrons (Walker, 1849) 13
Anthomyiidae Pegomyia icterica (Holmgren, 1873) 22
Anthomyiidae Pegomyia notabilis (Zetterstedt, 1846) 77
Anthomyiidae Pegomyia zonata (Zetterstedt, 1838) 20
Anthomyiidae Pegoplata tundrica (Schnabl, 1915) 104
Anthomyiidae Zaphne bruneifrons (Zetterstedt, 1838) 13
Anthomyiidae Zaphne divisa (Meigen, 1826) 7
Anthomyiidae Zaphne frontata (Zetterstedt, 1838) 106
Anthomyiidae Zaphne nearctica (Huckett, 1965) 8
Anthomyiidae Zaphne occidentalis (Malloch, 1920) 5
Anthomyiidae Zaphne verticina (Zetterstedt, 1838) 29
Calliphoridae Boreellus atriceps (Zetterstedt, 1845) 45
Calliphoridae Calliphora uralensis Villeneuve, 1922 85
Calliphoridae Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 34
Calliphoridae Cynomyia mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761) 139
Calliphoridae Phormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 329
Calliphoridae Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817) 3
Cecidomyiidae Xylopriona atra (Meigen, 1804) 3
Chironomidae Ablabesmyia pulchripennis (Lundbeck, 1898) 38
Chironomidae Anatopynia pictipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838) 1
Chironomidae Chironomus hyperboreus Staeger, 1845 3
Chironomidae Chironomus n. sp. 8
Chironomidae Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804 18
Chironomidae Chironomus staegeri Lundbeck, 1898 17
Chironomidae Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846) 33
Chironomidae Cricotopus glacialis Edwards, 1922 5
Chironomidae Cricotopus tibialis (Meigen, 1804) 1
Chironomidae Diamesa aberrata? Lundbeck, 1889 8
Chironomidae Diamesa biappendiculata Goetghebuer in Remy, 1928 1
Chironomidae Diamesa gregsoni Edwards, 1933 12
Chironomidae Dicrotendipes nervosus (Staeger, 1839 1
Chironomidae Eukiefferiella claripennis (Lundbeck, 1898) 5
Chironomidae Halocladius vitripennis (Meigen, 1818) 38
Chironomidae Limnophyes atomarius (Zetterstedt, 1850) 2
Chironomidae Limnophyes borealis Goetghebuer, 1933 1
Chironomidae Limnophyes cf. minima (Meigen, 1818) 1
Chironomidae Limnophyes eltoni (Edwards, 1922) 1
Chironomidae Limnophyes pumillio (Holmgren, 1869) 48
Chironomidae Metriocnemus atratulus (Zetterstedt, 1850) 6
Chironomidae Metriocnemus debilipennis (Lundbeck, 1898) 1
Chironomidae Metriocnemus fuscipes (Meigen, 1818) 20
Chironomidae Metriocnemus lundbeckii Johannsen, 1905
Chironomidae Metriocnemus similis Kieffer, 1922 1
Chironomidae Metriocnemus ursinus (Holmgren, 1869) 11
Chironomidae Micropsectra groenlandica Andersen, 1937 2
Chironomidae Micropsectra junci (Meigen, 1818) 3
Chironomidae Orthocladius decoratus (Holmgren, 1869) 1
Chironomidae Orthocladius difficilis (Lundbeck, 1898) 13
Chironomidae Orthocladius frigidus (Zetterstedt, 1838) 20
Chironomidae Orthocladius graminicola (Lundbeck, 1898) 21
Chironomidae Orthocladius minutus (Zetterstedt, 1850) 17
Chironomidae Paratanytarsus setosimanus (Goetghebuer, 1928) 46
Chironomidae Paratanytarsus tenuis (Meigen, 1839) 2
Chironomidae Parochlus kiefferi (Garret 1925) 1
Chironomidae Podonomus posticalis Lundbeck 4
Chironomidae Procladius choreus (Meigen, 1804) 32
Chironomidae Procladius crassinervis (Zetterstedt, 1838) 3
Chironomidae Psectrocladius armatus Andersen 2
Chironomidae Psectrocladius limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869) 40
Chironomidae Psilodiamesa abelsini Vibe 12
Chironomidae Psilodiamesa chorea Lundbeck, 1898 26
Chironomidae Sergentia coracina (Zetterstedt, 1850) 10
Chironomidae Smittia extrema (Holmgren, 1869) 22
Chironomidae Smittia longitibia (Goetghebuer, 1933) 7
Chironomidae Smittia parva (Lundbeck, 1898) 8
Chironomidae Smittia polymorpha Andersen, 1937 12
Chironomidae Smittia subnudipennis (Goetghebuer, 1933) 4
Chironomidae Smittia velutina (Lundbeck, 1898) 6
Chironomidae Tanytarsus anderseni Reiss & Pittkau 5
Chironomidae Tanytarsus niger Andersen, 1937 3
Chironomidae Tendipes dorsalis riparius various Authors 1
Chironomidae Tendipes hyperborea Staeger, 1845 13
Chironomidae Tendipes staegeri Lundbeck, 1898 9
Chironomidae Trichocladius chapmani (Edwards, 1935 3
Chironomidae Trichocladius pubitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1838) 1
Culicidae Aedes impiger (Walker, 1848) 13
Culicidae Aedes nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1838) 15
Dolichopodidae Dolichopus dasyops Malloch, 1919 19
Dolichopodidae Dolichopus groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1843 540
Dolichopodidae Dolichopus humilis Van Duzee, 1921 51
Dolichopodidae Dolichopus plumipes (Scopoli, 1763) 86
Empididae Clinocera stagnalis (Haliday, 1833) 40
Empididae Rhamphomyia filicauda Henriksen & Lundbeck, 1917 34
Empididae Rhamphomyia hirticula Collin, 1937 2
Empididae Rhamphomyia hirtula Zetterstedt, 1842 158
Empididae Rhamphomyia hoeli Frey, 1950 33
Empididae Rhamphomyia nigrita (Zetterstedt, 1838) 240
Ephydridae Lamproscatella brunnipes norvegica Andersson, 1975 50
Ephydridae Lamproscatella quadrisetosa (Becker, 1896) 23
Ephydridae Limnellia stenhammeri (Zetterstedt, 1846) 25
Ephydridae Napaea pusilla (Miegen, 1830) 1
Ephydridae Philygria vittipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838) 5
Ephydridae Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1823) 137
Ephydridae Scatella tenuicosta Collin, 1930 112
Ephydridae Scatophila cribata (Stenhammar, 1844) 26
Fannidae Fannia bifimbriata Collin in Carpenter, 1938 4
Fannidae Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761) 33
Fannidae Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794) 10
Heleomyzidae Heleomyza borealis (Boheman, 1865) 151
Heleomyzidae Neoleria prominens (Becker, 1897) 72
Heleomyzidae Scoliocentra fraterna? Loew, 1863 53
Limoniidae Ormosia affinis (Lundbeck, 1898) 30
Limoniidae Ormosia fascipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838) 72
Milichiidae Desmometopa sordida? (Fallén, 1820) 1
Muscidae ? brunneifrons? 83
Muscidae ? tundrica 45
Muscidae Drymeia segnis (Holmgren, 1883) 112
Muscidae Eupogonomyia groenlandica (Lundbeck, 1901) 74
Muscidae Graphomya ungava Arntfield, 1975 14
Muscidae Hydrophoria frontata (Zetterstedt, 1838) 330
Muscidae Hydrotaea anxia (Zetterstedt, 1838) 111
Muscidae Limnophora sinuata Collin, 1930 170
Muscidae Lispe uliginosa Fallén, 1825 35
Muscidae Lophosceles frenatus (Holmgren, 1872) 85
Muscidae Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 2
Muscidae Phaonia bidentata (Ringdahl, 1933) 63
Muscidae Phaonia minima Malloch, 1919 15
Muscidae Phaonia pallidisquama (Zetterstedt, 1849) 86
Muscidae Pseudolimnophora rotundata (Collin, 1930) 6
Muscidae Spilogona almqvisti (Holmgren, 1880) 316
Muscidae Spilogona alpica (Zetterstedt, 1845) 27
Muscidae Spilogona arcticola Huckett, 1965 4
Muscidae Spilogona baltica (Ringdahl, 1918) 12
Muscidae Spilogona contractifrons (Zetterstedt, 1838) 878
Muscidae Spilogona deflorata (Holmgren, 1872) 117
Muscidae Spilogona denudata (Holmgren, 1869) 77
Muscidae Spilogona digressa Huckett, 1965 7
Muscidae Spilogona dorsata (Zetterstedt, 1845) 247
Muscidae Spilogona extensa (Malloch, 1920) 104
Muscidae Spilogona latilamina (Collin, 1930) 226
Muscidae Spilogona malaisei (Ringdahl, 1920) 70
Muscidae Spilogona megastoma (Boheman, 1866) 97
Muscidae Spilogona melanosoma (Huckett, 1932) 47
Muscidae Spilogona micans (Ringdahl, 1918) 23
Muscidae Spilogona monacantha (Collin, 1930) 29
Muscidae Spilogona obsoleta (Malloch, 1920) 85
Muscidae Spilogona opaca (Schnabl in Becker et al., 1915) 29
Muscidae Spilogona puberula (Ringdahl, 1918) 7
Muscidae Spilogona sanctipauli (Malloch, 1921) 626
Muscidae Spilogona tornensis (Ringdahl, 1926) 29
Muscidae Spilogona trigonifera (Zetterstedt, 1838) 68
Muscidae Spilogona tundrae (Schnabl in Becker et al., 1915) 147
Mycetophilidae Boletina arctica Holmgren, 1872 76
Mycetophilidae Boletina sciarina Staeger, 1840 12
Mycetophilidae Exechia bicincta (Staeger, 1840) 1
Mycetophilidae Exechia frigida (Boheman, 1865) 1
Mycetophilidae Gnoriste apicalis? Meigen, 1818 2
Mycetophilidae Gnoriste longirostris Siebke, 1864 2
Mycetophilidae Gnoriste longirostris Siebke, 1864 3
Mycetophilidae Micropsectra groenlandica Andersen, 1937 32
Mycetophilidae Mycetophila fungorum (De Geer, 1776) 23
Mycetophilidae Phronia exigua (Zetterstedt, 1852) 3
Mycetophilidae Sciophila hirta Meigen, 1818 3
Mycetophilidae Trichante obesa Winnertz, 1963 1
Oestridae Cephenomyia trompe (Modeer, 1786) 6
Oestridae Oedemagena tarandi (Linnaeus, 1758) 5
Phoridae Megaselia cirriventris Schmitz, 1929 13
Phoridae Megaselia clara (Schmitz, 1921) 115
Phoridae Megaselia groenlandica (Lundbeck, 1901) 70
Phoridae Megaselia rufipes (Meigen, 1804) 14
Piophilidae Arctopiophila nigerrima (Lundbeck, 1901) 4
Piophilidae Lasiopiophila pilosa (Staeger, 1845) 47
Piophilidae Parapiophila vulgaris (Fallén, 1820) 47
Piophilidae Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758) 16
Scathophagidae Microprosopa haemorrhoidalis (Meigen, 1826) 84
Scathophagidae Scathophaga apicalis (Curtis in Ross, 1835) 44
Scathophagidae Scathophaga litorea (Fallén, 1819) 215
Scathophagidae Scathophaga nigripalpis (Becker, 1907) 4
Scathophagidae Scatophaga furcata (Say, 1823) 591
Scatopsidae Scatopse notata (Linnaeus, 1758) 20
Sciaridae Bradysia biformis (Lundbeck, 1898) 10
Sciaridae Bradysia forcipulata (Lundbeck, 1898) 12
Sciaridae Bradysia iridipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838) 2
Sciaridae Lycoriella cochleata (Rübsaamen, 1898)
Sciaridae Lycoriella permutata (Lundbeck, 1900)
Sciaridae Schwenckfeldina tridentata (Rübsaamen, 1898) 6
Sciaridae Sciara ?fucata Meigen 2
Sciaridae Sciara ?pallidiventris Holmg. 15
Sciaridae Sciara aprilina Meigen, 1818 21
Sciaridae Sciara attenuata Rübsaamen, 1898
Sciaridae Sciara fumatella Lundbeck, 1898
Sciaridae Sciara humicola Lundbeck, 1898
Sciaridae Sciara nigripes? Meigen, 1830 3
Sciaridae Sciara pulicaria? Meigen, 1818 16
Sepsidae Orygma luctuosum Meigen, 1830 21
Sepsidae Themira arctica (Becker in Becker et al., 1915) 4
Simulidae Simulium reptans (Linnaeus, 1758) 48
Simulidae Simulium vittatum Zetterstedt, 1838 105
Sphaeroceridae Pteremis fenestralis? (Fallén, 1820) 8
Syrphidae Carposcalis lundbecki (Collin 1931) 150
Syrphidae Eupeodes curtus (Hine 1922) 80
Syrphidae Eupeodes luniger (Meigen 1822) 31
Syrphidae Eupeodes nigroventris (Fluke 1933) 29
Syrphidae Helophilus borealis Staeger 1845 90
Syrphidae Helophilus groenlandicus (Fabricius 1780) 106
Syrphidae Neocnemodon carinatus (Curran, 1921) 36
Syrphidae Parasyrphus tarsatus (Zetterstedt 1838) 240
Syrphidae Platycheirus hyperboreus (Staeger 1845) 190
Syrphidae Platycheirus varipes Curran 1923 52
Syrphidae Sphaerophoria scripta (Linnaeus, 1758) 225
Syrphidae Syrphus torvus Osten-Sacken, 1875 51
Tachinidae Peleteria aenea (Staeger in Zetterstedt, 1849) 45
Tachinidae Petinarctia stylata (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891) 28
Tachinidae Trafoia arctica (Sack, 1923) 8
Tethinidae Pelomyiella mallochi (Sturtevant, 1923) 15
Tipulidae Erioptera scotica Edwards 23
Tipulidae Nephrotoma flavescens (Linnaeus, 1758) 1
Tipulidae Nephrotoma lundbecki (Nielsen, 1907) 28
Tipulidae Rhabdomastix caudata (Lundbeck, 1898) 2
Tipulidae Tipula arctica Curtis, 1835 265
Trichoceridae Metatrichocera lutea Becher, 1886 24
Trichoceridae Trichocera borealis Lackschewitz, 1934 276
Trichoceridae Trichocera maculipennis Meigen, 1818 18
Trichoceridae Trichocera regelationis (Linnaeus, 1758) 23
Trichoceridae Trichocera saltator (Harris, 1776) 2
Phoridae spp. 38
Agromyzidae spp. 114
Anthomyiidae Chortophila spp. 6
Anthomyiidae Fucellia spp. 27
Anthomyiidae Fucellia spp. 3
Anthomyiidae spp. 1500
Calliphoridae spp. 205
Cecidomyidae spp. 2
Ceratopogonidae spp. 10
Chironomidae Camptocladius spp. 15
Chironomidae Metriocnemus spp. 1
Chironomidae Metriocnemus spp. 1
Chironomidae Orthocladius spp. 57
Chironomidae Smittia spp. 290
Chironomidae spp. 44
Chironomidae spp. 830
Chironomidae spp. 44
Culicidae spp. 450
Dolichopodidae Dolichopus spp. 200
Empididae Hydromia spp. 82
Ephydridae spp. 125
Heleomyzidae Aecothea spp. 2
Heleomyzidae Heleomyza spp. 380
Heleomyzidae Neoleria spp. 16
Heleomyzidae Scoliocentra spp. 36
Heleomyzidae spp. 86
Milichiidae spp. 2
Mycetophilidae Mycetophila spp. 250
Mycetophilidae spp. 185
Piophilidae spp. 11
Psychodidae spp. 1
Scathophagidae spp. 245
Scatopsidae spp. 3
Sciaridae spp. 145
Sciomyzidae spp. 1
Simulidae spp. 640
Sphaeroceridae spp. 1
Syrphidae Helophilus spp. 14
Tachinidae Exorista sp. 1 4
Tachinidae Exorista sp. 2 3
Tachinidae Exorista sp. 3 2
Tachinidae Exorista sp. 4 7
Tachinidae Exorista spp. 22
Tachinidae Nowickia spp. 30
Tachinidae spp. 28
Tipulidae spp. 68
Trichoceridae spp. 14
unsorted Greenland Material spp. 1250

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Last update: 04 september 2002