Sphaeroceridae
Sphaeroceridae are a family of true flies in the order Diptera, often called small dung flies, lesser dung flies or lesser corpse flies due to their saprophagous habits. They belong to the typical fly suborder Brachycera as can be seen by their short antennae, and more precisely they are members of the section Schizophora. There are over 1,300 species and about 125 genera accepted as valid today, but new taxa are still being described.
Species
lesser dung flies
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySphaeroceridae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Los esferocéridos (Sphaeroceridae) son una familia de moscas saprófagas del orden Diptera. Se conocen desde el Eoceno en ámbar. Se reconocen unas 1550 especies.[2] Distribución geográfica Se distribuyen por todo el mundo, excepto zonas polares. Limosina silvatica subfamilia Limosininae Sphaerocera cf. curvipes subfamilia Sphaerocerinae Taxonomía Se reconocen las siguientes subfamilias y géneros:[3] Subfamilia Tucminae Marshall, 1996[4] Tucma Mourgués-Schurter, 1987[5] Subfamilia Copromyzinae Stenhammar, 1855[6] Achaetothorax Hedicke, 1923[7] Alloborborus Duda, 1923[8] Antrops Enderlein, 1909[9] Archiborborus Duda, 1921[10] Borborillus Duda, 1923[8] Copromyza Fallén, 1810 Crumomyia Macquart, 1835[1] Dudaia Hedicke, 1923[7] Frutillaria Richards, 1961[11] Gymnometopina Hedicke, 1923[7] Lotophila Lioy, 1864[12] Immoderatus Papp, 2004[13] Metaborborus Vanschuytbroeck, 1948[14] Norrbomia Papp, 1988[15][16] Palaeoceroptera Duda, 1929[17] Palaeolimosina Duda, 1920[18] Penola Richards, 1941[19] Pycnopota Bezzi, 1927[20] Richardsia Papp, 1973[21] Subfamilia Sphaerocerinae Macquart, 1835[1] Afromyia Kim, 1968[22] Ischiolepta Lioy, 1864[12] Lotobia Lioy, 1864[12] Me
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- Genera
- See also
- Footnotes
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Sphaeroceridae are a family of true flies in the order Diptera, often called small dung flies, lesser dung flies or lesser corpse flies due to their saprophagous habits. They belong to the typical fly suborder Brachycera as can be seen by their short antennae, and more precisely they are members of the section Schizophora. There are over 1,300 species and about 125 genera accepted as valid today, but new taxa are still being described.
Unlike the large "corpse flies" or blow-flies of the family Calliphoridae and the large dung flies of the family Scathophagidae, the small dung flies are members of the schizophoran subsection Acalyptratae. Among their superfamily Sphaeroceroidea, they seem to be particularly close relatives of the family Heleomyzidae.