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Metaborborus

Metaborborus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae.

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Metaborborus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily: Copromyzinae
Genus: Metaborborus
Vanschuytbroeck, 19481
Type species
Borborus calcaratus
Vanschuytbroeck, 19481
Synonyms
  • Dudaborborus Papp, 19802

Metaborborus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae.3

Species

  • M. calcaratus (Vanschuytbroeck, 1948)1
  • M. flavior (Vanschuytbroeck, 1959)4
  • M. glaber Norrbom & Kim, 19855
  • M. hackmani Norrbom & Kim, 19855
  • M. mitus Norrbom & Kim, 19855
  • M. parastichosus Norrbom & Kim, 19855
  • M. pilifer (Vanschuytbroeck, 1948)1
  • M. pollinosus (Hackman, 1965)6
  • M. ruwenzoriensis Norrbom & Kim, 19855
  • M. saliens (Duda, 1923)7
  • M. schumanni (Papp, 1980)2
  • M. spinifer (Vanschuytbroeck, 1948)1
  • M. stichosus Norrbom & Kim, 19855
  • M. superciliosus Norrbom & Kim, 19855
  • M. trichosus Norrbom & Kim, 19855
  • M. wittei Norrbom & Kim, 19855
References

References

  1. Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1948). "Sphaeroceridae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G. F. de Witte (1933-35). 52: 1–43.
  2. Papp, L. (1980). "Dudaborborus subg. nov. of Copromyza Fall. (Sphaeroceridae, Diptera)". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 56 (1): 91–94.
  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. Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1959). "Sphaerocerinae, Limosinae, Ceropterinae (Diptera, Ephydroidea)". Parc National de la Garamba, Mission H. de Saeger (1949-52), Bruxelles. 17 (2): 15–85.
  5. Norrbom, A. L.; Kim, K. C. (1985). "Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Copromyza Fallen (s.s.) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 78: 331–347.
  6. Hackman, W. (1965). "Diptera (Brachycera): Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae)". South African Animal Life, Lund. 11: 485–503.
  7. Duda, Oswald (1923). "Revision der altweltlichen Arten der Gattung Borborus (Cypsela) Meigen (Dipteren)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 89 (4): 35–112.