SPHAEROCERIDAE
(lesser dung flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
COPROMYZINAE
a subfamily of lesser dung flies
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 19 images
Copromyza
a genus of lesser dung flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 19 images
LIMOSININAE
a subfamily of lesser dung flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 12 subtaxa 93 images 10 ident. refs
Sphaeroceridae (unidentified)
Unidentified Lesser Dung Flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySPHAEROCEROIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Pitkin, B.R. 1988 Lesser Dung Flies (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5e, 175pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Roháček, J. & Munari, L. 1993 Gonioneura Rondani, 1880 - a senior synonym of Halidayina Duda, 1918, with catalogue of the genus (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) Bolletino della Societa Entomologica Italiana Vol 124: 247-249.
Roháček, J. 1993 Herniosina Roháček and Minilimosina Roháček of Europe: two new species, new records and taxonomic notes (Insecta, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) Entomologische Abhandlungen Vol 55: 185-203.

SPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies)
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