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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.
Tucminae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies from Argentina.
Copromyzinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae.
Antrops is a genus of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies from Chile, Falkland Islands & South Georgia Island.
Penola is a genus of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies. they are closely related to the genus Frutillaria from mainland South America
Ischiolepta is a genus of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies.
Limosininae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies.
Anomioptera is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Coproica is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Gyretria is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Lobeliomyia is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Leptocera is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Limosinella is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Paraptilotus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Collimosina is a subgenus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Kimosina is a subgenus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Phthitia is a subgenus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Phthitia is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Sclerocoelus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies.
Siphlopteryx is a genus of flies belonging to the family of the Lesser Dung flies. It contains one species, Siphlopteryx antarctica.
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- ↑ Matile, L. (1975). "Un nouveau Sphaeroceridae aptère de l'Archipel Crozet (Dipt.)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 80 (5–6). Paris: 173–176.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Enderlein, Günther (1908). Drygalski, E. D. von (ed.). Die Insekten des antarktischen Gebietes. In Deutsch Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern heraus- gegeben von Erich von Drygalski, Leiter der Expedition. X. Zoologie. Vol. 2. Berlin: G. Reimer. pp. 361–528.