Afromyia

Afromyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:	Sphaerocerinae
Genus:	Afromyia; Kim, 1968 [1]
Type species
	Sphaerocera ruandana ; Vanschuytbroeck, 1948 [2]

Last updated March 06, 2019

Afromyia is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.^[3]

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

A. flavimana Papp, 1978^[4]
A. ghanensis Papp, 1978^[4]
A. jeanneli (Richards, 1938)^[5]
A. longipes (Richards, 1951)^[6]
A. ruandana (Vanschuytbroeck, 1948)^[2]
A. wittei (Vanschuytbroeck, 1948)^[2]

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References

↑ 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.
1 2 3 Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1948). "Sphaeroceridae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G. F. de Witte (1933-35). 52: 1–43.
↑ 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 . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
1 2 Papp, László (1978). "Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. IV. Sphaerocerinae". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 24: 371–395.
↑ Richards, O. W. (1938a). "Diptera Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Cypselidae). Mission scientifique de l'Omo". Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. 4 (40): 381–405.
↑ Richards, O. W. (1951). "New species of the genus "Safaria" Richards and of "Sphaerocera" Latreille (Dipt. Sphaeroceridae)". Bollettino dellí Istituto di Entomologia della Universiti degli Studi di Bologna. 18: 268–271.

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[Kim1968-1] 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.

[Vanschuytbroeck1948-2] 1 2 3 Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1948). "Sphaeroceridae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G. F. de Witte (1933-35). 52: 1–43.

[Rohček2001-3] 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 . Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[Papp1978d-4] 1 2 Papp, László (1978). "Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. IV. Sphaerocerinae". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 24: 371–395.

[Richards1938-5] Richards, O. W. (1938a). "Diptera Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Cypselidae). Mission scientifique de l'Omo". Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. 4 (40): 381–405.

[Richards1951b-6] Richards, O. W. (1951). "New species of the genus "Safaria" Richards and of "Sphaerocera" Latreille (Dipt. Sphaeroceridae)". Bollettino dellí Istituto di Entomologia della Universiti degli Studi di Bologna. 18: 268–271.