Lotophila

Lotophila
Lotophila atra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:	Copromyzinae
Genus:	Lotophila Lioy, 1864 [1] [2]
Type species
Borborus lugens Meigen, 1830 [3]
Synonyms
OlineaRichards, 1965 [4]

Lotophila is a genus of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies. ^{[2] [5]}

Species

• Lotophila atra (Meigen, 1830)
• Lotophila nepalensis Hayashi, 1991 ^[6]
• Lotophila vietnamica Hayashi, 2003 ^[7]

References

1. Lioy, Paolo (1864). "I Ditteri distribuiti secondo un nuovo metodo di classificazione naturale". Atti Dellí Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Serie III. 9. Venezia: 1087–1126.
2. Norrbom, A.L.; Kim, K.C. (1984). "Taxonomic status of Lotophila Lioy, with a review of L. atra (Meigen) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86 (2): 305–311. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
3. Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1830). "Borborus". Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Vol. 6. Hamm: Schulzesche Buchhandlung. p. 203.
4. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. Royal Entomological Society: 1–234.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. Pitkin, B.R. (1988). "Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects . 10 (Part 5e). London: Royal Entomological Society of London: 1–175.
6. Hayashi, Toshihiko (1991). "Records of the genus Lotophila Lioy from the Oriental region, with the description of a new subspecies of L. pallida Hayashi (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)". Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology. 42 (1): 9–13. doi: 10.7601/mez.42.9 .
7. Hayashi, Toshihiko (2003). "A new species and distributional notes on the genus Lotophila Lioy (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from the Oriental Region" . Medical Entomology and Zoology. 54 (4): 367–370. doi:10.7601/mez.54.367 . Retrieved 15 July 2017.