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Checklist for Family Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835 (Dung flies)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
105
2119
11931
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
85
1661
8714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
67
1174
5774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
63
1025
5021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
48
608
2719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Heteromyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
2
40
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphaeroceridae
Macquart, 1835
Dung flies, Lesser corpse flies, Lesser Dung Flies
36
106
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
36 Genera with 106 Species
#ABCDGILMNOPRST
Achaetothorax Hedicke, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Acuminiseta Duda, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Aluligera Richards, 19655SpeciesTaxom
Anatalanta Eaton, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Anommonia Schmitz, 19683SpeciesTaxom
Borborillus Duda, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Borborus Straeleni Va..., 18431SpeciesTaxom
Ceroptera Macquart, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopodella Duda, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Coproica Rondani, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Copromyza Fallen, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Copromyzini1SpeciesTaxom
Dudaia Hedicke, 19673SpeciesTaxom
Gobersa De Coninck, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometopina Hedicke, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Ischiolepta Lioy, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Limosina Macquart, 195915SpeciesTaxom
Lobeliomyia Richards, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Lotobia Lioy, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Mesaptilotus Richards, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Metaborborus Vanschuytbroeck, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Norrbomia Papp, 19678SpeciesTaxom
Ocellipsis Richards, 195713SpeciesTaxom
Ocellusia Seguy, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Opacifrons Duda, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Paraptilotus Richards, 19659SpeciesTaxom
Phthitia Enderlein, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Poecilosomella Duda, 19387SpeciesTaxom
Pullimosina Rohá& 269;ek, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Rachispoda Lioy, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Reunionia Papp, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Safaria Richards, 19504SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerocera Latreille, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Spinilimosina Rohacek, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Trachyopella Duda, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Trisetomyia Richards, 19541SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
106 Species
Achaetothorax abyssinica Duda, 1923
Achaetothorax vojnitsi Papp & Norrbom, 1992
Acuminiseta longiventris Duda, 1925
Aluligera alpina Richards, 1966
Aluligera brunneata Richards, 1966
Aluligera maculata Richards, 1965
Aluligera montana Richards, 1951
Aluligera nigra Richards, 1965
Anatalanta aptera Eaton, 1875
Anommonia nudipes Richards, 1950
Anommonia patrizii Richards, 1950
Anommonia spinipleura Richards, 1968
Borborus nitens (Macquart, 1843)⇒ Copromyzini nitens Macquart, 1843
Ceroptera crispa Duda, 1925
Ceroptera nitidosa Richards, 1953
Chaetopodella denigrata Duda, 1925
Coproica ferruginata Stenhammar, 1855Fly
Copromyza hackarsi Vanschuytbroeck, 1948
Copromyza pedipicta Richards, 1959
Copromyzini nitens Macquart, 1843
Dudaia flavocincta Duda, 1923
Dudaia jeanneli Richards, 1938
Dudaia keiseri Hackman, 1967
Gobersa leleupi Coninck, 1983
Gymnometopina clunicrus Duda, 1923
Gymnometopina dudai Norrbom, 1987
Gymnometopina haasae Norrbom, 1987
Gymnometopina halidayi Norrbom, 1987
Gymnometopina kibokoensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1959
Gymnometopina lucida Seguy, 1933
Ischiolepta minuscula Papp, 1993
Limosina bicolor Richards, 1965
Limosina carbonicolor Richards, 1959
Limosina cherangani Richards, 1938
Limosina fuscana Richards, 1965
Limosina heteroneuroides Duda, 1925
Limosina keniaca Richards, 1965
Limosina meruina Richards, 1965
Limosina munda Collin, 1912
Limosina nigroscutellata Duda, 1925
Limosina obscuripennis Hackman, 1967
Limosina opaca Duda, 1925
Limosina piscina Richards, 1938
Limosina pleurofasciata Richards, 1965
Limosina varicolor Richards, 1957
Limosina xanthographa Richards, 1959
Lobeliomyia scotti Richards, 1951
Lotobia saegeri Kim & Han, 1990
Mesaptilotus disjunctus Richards, 1965
Mesaptilotus vittifrons Richards, 1955
Metaborborus flavior Vanschuytbroeck, 1959
Norrbomia costalis Zetterstedt, 1847
Norrbomia demeteri Papp, 1988
Norrbomia elephantis Papp, 1988
Norrbomia fuscana Becker, 1909
Norrbomia gravis Adams, 1905
Norrbomia keniaca Papp, 1988
Norrbomia marginatis Adams, 1905
Norrbomia stuckenbergi Hackman, 1967
Ocellipsis alutaceus Richards, 1938
Ocellipsis brunneicauda Richards, 1965
Ocellipsis cyclogaster Richards, 1938
Ocellipsis elgonensis Richards, 1957
Ocellipsis humeralis Richards, 1965
Ocellipsis jeanneli Richards, 1938
Ocellipsis leleupi Richards, 1957
Ocellipsis lonchomma Richards, 1938
Ocellipsis melanocephala Richards, 1938
Ocellipsis selaginella Richards, 1965
Ocellipsis spinata Richards, 1957
Ocellipsis verruciger Richards, 1938
Ocellipsis vulcan Richards, 1957
Ocellusia achroma Seguy, 1955
Ocellusia jugorum Seguy, 1955
Opacifrons coxata Stenhammar, 1855
Paraptilotus brunneisternum Richards, 1938
Paraptilotus chaetosoma Richards, 1938
Paraptilotus discontinuus Richards, 1954
Paraptilotus flavipes Richards, 1938
Paraptilotus nitidissimus Richards, 1951
Paraptilotus pallidus Richards, 1965
Paraptilotus rufescens Richards, 1965
Paraptilotus senecionis Richards, 1957
Paraptilotus tricolor Richards, 1965
Poecilosomella acrosticalis Becker, 1903
Poecilosomella angulata Thomson, 1869
Poecilosomella giraffa Richards, 1938
Poecilosomella longecostata Duda, 1925
Poecilosomella pallidimana Duda, 1925
Poecilosomella perinetica Hackman, 1967
Poecilosomella pictitarsis Richards, 1938
Pullimosina (Pullimosina) heteroneura Haliday, 1836Small dung fly
Rachispoda spuleri Sabrosky, 1949
Reunionia unica Papp, 1979
Safaria abyssinica Richards, 1951
Safaria brachyptera Richards, 1966
Safaria chelata Richards, 1950
Safaria forcipata Richards, 1950
Sphaerocera arcuata Seguy, 1933
Sphaerocera jeanneli Richards, 1938
Sphaerocera kovacsi Papp, 1978
Sphaerocera longipes Richards, 1951
Sphaerocera ruandana Vanschuytbroeck, 1948
Sphaerocera simia Seguy, 1933
Spinilimosina brevicostata Duda, 1918Fly
Trisetomyia triseta Richards, 1954

Subnodes of Sphaeroceridae with occurrences in East Africa
SubfamilyCopromyzinae
Stenhammar, 1854
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLimosininae
Frey, 1921
16
41
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphaerocerinae
Macquart, 1835
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Sphaeroceridae at artfakta.se
Sphaeroceridae at dyntaxa.se
Sphaeroceridae at gbif.org
Sphaeroceridae at irmng.org
Sphaeroceridae at itis.gov
Sphaeroceridae at marinespecies.org