Biology:Sphaerocera

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Sphaerocera
Sphaeocera curvipes as S. subsultans (Francis Walker Insecta Britanica Vol 2 page 321 plate XIV).png
Sphaeocera curvipes
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Sphaerocera

Latreille, 1804[1]
Type species
Sphaerocera curvipes
Latreille, 1804[1]
Synonyms
  • Cypsela Meigen, 1800
  • Borborus Meigen, 1803

Sphaerocera is a genus of flies belonging to the family of the lesser dung flies.[2]

Species

  • S. curvipes Latreille, 1805[1]
  • S. elephantis Hayashi, 1990[3]
  • S. flaviceps Malloch, 1925[4]
  • S. monilis Haliday, 1836
  • S. pseudomonilis Nishijima & Yamazaki, 1984[5]
  • S. tuberculosa Kim, 1968[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Latreille, Pierre André (1805). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. 14. Paris: Dufart. pp. 1–432. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53501#page/453/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 September 2017. 
  2. Rohček, Jindřich; Marshall, Stephen A.; Norrbom, Allen L.; Buck, Matthias; Quiros, Dora Isabel; Smith, Ian (2001). Rohček, Jindřich. ed. World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava: Slezské Zemské Muzeum. pp. 1–414. ISBN 978-8086224213. http://www.uoguelph.ca/debu/catalog.htm. Retrieved 3 September 2017. 
  3. Hayashi, T. (1990). "A new species of the genus Sphaerocera Latreille, 1804, from Thailand (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)". Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology 41 (3): 261–264.. 
  4. Malloch, John Russel (1925). "A synopsis of New World flies of the genus Sphaerocera (Diptera, Borboridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 27: 117–123. 
  5. Nishijima, Y.; Yamazaki, K. (1984). "Studies on the sphaerocerid flies from Hokkaido, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)". Memorial Papers of Dr. KÙno Twentieth Anniversary July 1984, Sapporo 1984: 73–95.. 
  6. Kim, K. C. (1968). "Revision of Sphaerocera, with description of a new genus Afromyia (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae).". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61 (2): 296–312. 

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