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Lesser Dung Flies
Sphaeroceridae
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.
25 branches of this family, most-observed first
Limosininae
subfamilyLimosininae
Copromyzinae
subfamilyCopromyzinae
Sphaerocerinae
subfamilySphaerocerinae
Archiborborinae
subfamilyArchiborborinae
Paralimosina
genusParalimosina
Terrilimosina
genusTerrilimosina
Frutillaria
genusFrutillaria
Mesosphaerocera
genusMesosphaerocera
Apteromyia
genusApteromyia
Puncticorpus
genusPuncticorpus
Nearcticorpus
genusNearcticorpus
Xenolimosina
genusXenolimosina
Philocoprella
genusPhilocoprella
Alloborborus
genusAlloborborus
Bromeloecia
genusBromeloecia
Archiceroptera
genusArchiceroptera
Spinilimosina
genusSpinilimosina
Elachisoma
genusElachisoma
Archicollinella
genusArchicollinella
Siphlopteryx
genusSiphlopteryx
Gonioneura
genusGonioneura
Archileptocera
genusArchileptocera
Penola
genusPenola
Archiborborus
genusArchiborborus
Homalomitrinae
subfamilyHomalomitrinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 177496.