Thoracochaeta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sphaeroceridae |
Subfamily: | Limosininae |
Genus: | Thoracochaeta Duda, 1918 [1] |
Type species | |
Borborus zosterae | |
Synonyms | |
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Thoracochaeta is a genus of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies. [4] [5]
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.
Limosininae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies.
Aptilotus 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.
Minilimosina is a subgenus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Svarciella is a subgenus of the genus Minilimosina, in the lesser dung fly family Sphaeroceridae.
Minilimosina is a genus of lesser dung flies in the family Sphaeroceridae. There are more than 70 described species in Minilimosina, found on every continent except Antarctica.
Opacifrons is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Opalimosina 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 genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Rachispoda is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Pseudocollinella is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Pullimosina is a genus of flies in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies.
Spelobia is a genus of flies belonging to the family of the Lesser Dung flies.
Telomerina is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Trachyopella is a subgenus of flies belonging to the family of the Lesser Dung flies.
Trachyopella is a genus of flies belonging to the family of the Lesser Dung flies.
Xenolimosina is a genus of flies belonging to the family of the Lesser Dung flies.