Sphaeroceridae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamiliae (5): Archiborborinae – Copromyzinae – Homalomitrinae – Limosininae – Sphaerocerinae

Genera overview: Achaetothorax – Acuminiseta – Afromyia – Afropterogramma – Alloborborus – Aluligera – Anatalanta – Anomioptera – Anommonia – Antrops – Apterobiroina – Apteromyia – Aptilotella – Aptilotus – Archiborborus – Archiceroptera – Archicollinella – Archileptocera – Archipterogrammoides – Aspinilimosina – Australimosina – Bentrovata – Biconnecta – Biroina – Bitheca – Borborillus – Bromeloecia – Cephalimosina – Ceroptera – Ceropterella – Chaetopodella – Chaetosifemur – Chespiritos – Coproica – Copromyza – Crumomyia – Druciatus – Dudaia – Elachisoma – Eulimosina – Eximilimosina – Frutillaria – Gigalimosina – Giraffimyiella – Gobersa – Gonioneura – Gonitella – Gymnometopina – Gyretria – Hellerella – Herniosina – Homalomitra – Howickia – Immoderatus – Indiosina – Ischiolepta – Kabaria – Lepidosina – Leptocera – Limomyza – Limosina – Limosinella – Lobeliomyia – Lotobia – Lotophila – Mesaptilotus – Mesosphaerocera – Metaborborus – Minialula – Minilimosina – Mixolimosina – Monorbiseta – Monteithiana – Myrmolimosina – Nearcticorpus – Neosphaerocera – Norrbomia – Ocellipsis – Ocellusia – Opacifrons – Opalimosina – Oribatomyia – Pachytarsella – Palaeoceroptera – Palaeocoprina – Palaeolimosina – Papualimosina – Papuellicesa – Paracuminiseta – Paralimosina – Paramera – Paraminilimosina – Parapoecilosomella – Parapterogramma – Paraptilotus – Parasclerocoelus – Paraspelobia – Parasphaerocera – Pellucialula – Penola – Philocoprella – Phthitia – Piliterga – Pismira – Pleuroseta – Poecilosomella – Popondetta – Pseudacuminiseta – Pseudaspinilimosina – Pseudocollinella – Pseudopterogramma – Pteremis – Pterogramma – Pterogrammoides – Pullimosina – Puncticorpus – Pycnopota – Rachispoda – Reunionia – Richardsia – Robustagramma – Rohacekia – Rudolfina – Safaria – Sclerocoelus – Scutelliseta – Setositibiella – Siphlopteryx – Spelobia – Sphaerocera – Sphaeromitra – Spinilimosina – Telomerina – Terrilimosina – Thailimosina – Thoracochaeta – Trachyopella – Trichosphaerocera – Trilobitella – Trisetomyia – Tucma – Xenolimosina

In synonymy: Archiborborus – Huapia – Procopromyza

Name

Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835: 561

Type genus: Sphaerocera Latreille, 1805

References

Primary references

Macquart, J. 1835. Historie naturelle des Insectes. Diptères. Tome deuxième. Collection des suites à Buffon. Paris, 703 pp., 12 pls. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2009: Notes on the nomenclature of some generic names of the order Diptera. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers, 150: 7–8. Internet Archive
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
Marshall, S.A.; Roháček, J.; Dong, H.; Buck, M. 2011: The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000–2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51(1): 217–298. PDF Reference page.
Papp, L., 2012: A review of the Afrotropical species of Leptocera Olivier (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (3): 225–258. Full article: [1]
Papp, L. 2016. An overview of the Old World species of Pseudocollinella duda (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) with description of a new subgenus). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 62(1): 1–58. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Roháček, J. 2012: Wing polymorphism in European species of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(2): 535–558. PDF Reference page.
Roháček, J., Marshall, S.A., Norrbom, A.L., Buck, M., Quiros, D.I. & Smith, I. 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Slezské zemské muzeum, Opava. 414 pp. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Tepedino, K.P. 2016. FAMILY SPHAEROCERIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 685–695. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.59. Reference page.
Yau, T. & Mashall, S.A. 2018. A revision of the genus Bromeloecia Spuler (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 4445(1): 1–115. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4445.1.1 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: small dung flies
中文: 大跗蝇科