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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
846
2770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
65
699
2173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
50
493
1567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
46
428
1383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
33
253
800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Heteromyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
2
14
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphaeroceridae
Macquart, 1835
Dung flies, Lesser corpse flies, Lesser Dung Flies
13
42
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
13 Genera with 42 Species
Achaetothorax Hedicke, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Anommonia Schmitz, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Borborillus Duda, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Dudaia Hedicke, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometopina Hedicke, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Limosina Macquart, 19575SpeciesTaxom
Norrbomia Papp, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Ocellipsis Richards, 195713SpeciesTaxom
Paraptilotus Richards, 19658SpeciesTaxom
Poecilosomella Duda, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Pullimosina Rohá& 269;ek, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Safaria Richards, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerocera Latreille, 19381SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
42 Species
Achaetothorax vojnitsi Papp & Norrbom, 1992
Anommonia nudipes Richards, 1950
Anommonia patrizii Richards, 1950
Dudaia jeanneli Richards, 1938
Gymnometopina dudai Norrbom, 1987
Gymnometopina haasae Norrbom, 1987
Limosina bicolor Richards, 1965
Limosina cherangani Richards, 1938
Limosina keniaca Richards, 1965
Limosina piscina Richards, 1938
Limosina varicolor Richards, 1957
Norrbomia gravis Adams, 1905
Norrbomia keniaca Papp, 1988
Norrbomia marginatis Adams, 1905
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
Paraptilotus brunneisternum Richards, 1938
Paraptilotus chaetosoma Richards, 1938
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 giraffa Richards, 1938
Poecilosomella longecostata Duda, 1925
Poecilosomella pictitarsis Richards, 1938
Pullimosina (Pullimosina) heteroneura Haliday, 1836Small dung fly
Safaria chelata Richards, 1950
Safaria forcipata Richards, 1950
Sphaerocera jeanneli Richards, 1938

Subnodes of Sphaeroceridae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyCopromyzinae
Stenhammar, 1854
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLimosininae
Frey, 1921
4
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphaerocerinae
Macquart, 1835
1
1
Genus
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