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Mesosphaerocera

Mesosphaerocera is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae. Along with Parasphaerocera and Neosphaerocera, Mesosphaerocera is closely related to Afromyia and Sphaerocera and forms a distinct supergeneric group.

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Mesosphaerocera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily: Sphaerocerinae
Genus: Mesosphaerocera
Kim, 19721
Type species
Sphaerocera annulicornis
Malloch, 19132

Mesosphaerocera is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae.3 Along with Parasphaerocera and Neosphaerocera, Mesosphaerocera is closely related to Afromyia and Sphaerocera and forms a distinct supergeneric group.4

Species

  • Mesosphaerocera amicimyrmex Kim, 19721
  • Mesosphaerocera annulicornis (Malloch, 1913)2
  • Mesosphaerocera facialis (Papp, 1978)5
  • Mesosphaerocera pueblensis Kim, 19721
  • Mesosphaerocera robusta (Kim, 1972)1
References

References

  1. Kim, K. C. "The New World genus Parasphaerocera and allied groups, with descriptions of new genera and species (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)". Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America. 8 (6): 377–444.
  2. Malloch, John Russell (1913). "Descriptions of new species of American flies of the family Borboridae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 44. Washington: 361–372. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, Volumes 8-9, Entomological Society of America, 1971, p. 379, ISSN 0071-0717, retrieved January 15, 2018
  5. Papp, László (1978). "Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. IV. Sphaerocerinae". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 24: 371–395.