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Phthitia

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

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Phthitia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily: Limosininae
Genus: Phthitia
Enderlein, 19381
Type species
Phthitia venosa
Enderlein, 19381
Synonyms
  • Phtitia Hackman, 19692
  • Pterodrepana Enderlein, 19381
  • Aubertinia Richards, 19513

Phthitia is a genus of flies belonging to the family of Sphaeroceridae.45

Species

These 42 species belong to the genus Phthitia.6

Subgenus Alimosina Roháček, 19837
Phthitia empirica (Hutton, 1901)8
Subgenus Aubertinia
Phthitia sanctaehelenae (Richards, 1951)3
Subgenus Kimosina Roháček, 19837
(The genus Limosina also has a subgenus named Kimosina.)
Phthitia plumosula (Rondani, 1880)
Phthitia popularis (Richards, 1973)
Phthitia vulgaris Papp, 2017
Not assigned to subgenus
Phthitia alexandri Richards, 19559
Phthitia antillensis Marshall, 199210
Phthitia basilata Su, 2011
Phthitia bicalyx Marshall, 199210
Phthitia cercipilis Marshall, 199210
Phthitia charpentieri Marshall & Smith, 199511
Phthitia cortesi Marshall & Smith, 199511
Phthitia digiseta Marshall, 199210
Phthitia digistylus Marshall, 199210
Phthitia emarginata Marshall, 200912
Phthitia globosa Su, Liu & Xu, 2013
Phthitia gonzalezi Marshall & Smith, 199511
Phthitia incognita Papp, 2017
Phthitia lineasterna Marshall, 199210
Phthitia lobocercus Marshall, 199210
Phthitia longidigita Su, 2011
Phthitia longisetosa (Duda, 1909)13
Phthitia longula Su, Liu & Xu, 2013
Phthitia luteocercus Marshall, 199210
Phthitia luteofrons Marshall, 199210
Phthitia megocula Marshall, 1992
Phthitia miradorensis Marshall & Smith, 199511
Phthitia mulroney Marshall, 199210
Phthitia nerida Marshall, 1992
Phthitia nigrifacies Marshall, 199210
Phthitia notthomasi Marshall, 199210
Phthitia obunca Marshall, 199210
Phthitia occimosa Marshall, 199210
Phthitia ovicercus Marshall, 199210
Phthitia plesiocercus Marshall, 200912
Phthitia pollex Su, 2011
Phthitia quadricercus Marshall, 1992
Phthitia selkirki (Enderlein, 1938)1
Phthitia spinicalyx Marshall, 199210
Phthitia squamosa Marshall & Winchester, 199914
Phthitia sternipilis Su, Liu & Xu, 2013
Phthitia venosa Enderlein, 19381

This genus formerly included the subgenera Collimosina, Phthitia, and Rufolimosina.

References

References

  1. Enderlein, Günther (1938). Skottsberg, C. (ed.). "60. Die Dipterenfauna der Juan-Fernandez-Inseln und der Oster-Insel". The natural history of Juan Fernández and Easter Island (Zool.) Uppsala. 3: 643–680.
  2. Hackman, W. (1969). "A review of the zoogeography and classification of the Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Diptera)". Notulae Entomologicae. 49: 193–210.
  3. Richards, O. W. (1951). "Brachypterous Sphaeroceridae". British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1934-1935. 2 (8): 829–851.
  4. 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.
  5. Marshall, Stephen A.; Roháček, Jindřich; Dong, Hui; Buck, Matthias (2011). "The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000–2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 51 (1). Pragae: 217–298. ISSN 0374-1036. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  6. "Phthitia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  7. Roháček, Jindřich (1983). "A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part II". Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin. 33: 3–195. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  8. Hutton, Frederick Wollaston (1901). "Synopsis of the Diptera Brachycera of New Zealand". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 33: 1–95. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. Richards, O. W. (1955). "Los insectos de las Islas Juan Fernández. 21. Sphaeroceridae (Diptera)". Revista Chilena de Entomología. 4: 73–93.
  10. Marshall, Stephen A.; Smith, I. P. (1992). "A revision of the New World and Pacific Phthitia Enderlein (Diptera; Sphaeroceridae; Limosininae), including Kimosina Roháček, new synonym and Aubertinia Richards, new synonym". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 161: 1–83.
  11. Marshall, Stephen A.; Smith, I. P. "A review of the Phthitia of the Juan Fernandez Islands, with descriptions of 4 new flightless species from Robinson Crusoe Island (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)". Acta Entomologica Chilena. 19: 31–50.
  12. Marshall, Stephen A.; Hall, Sabrina C. B.; Hodge, Simon (2009). "A review of the genus Phthitia Enderlein (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae) in New Zealand, with the description of two new species". New Zealand Entomologist. 32: 48–54. doi:10.1080/00779962.2009.9722175.
  13. Dahl, F. (1909). "Die Gattung Limosina und die biocönotische Forschung". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 6: 360–377. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. Marshall, Sephen A.; Winchester, N. N. (1999). "New species in the genera Minilimosina Roháček and Phthitia Enderlein (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from ancient Sitka spruce (Pinaceae) forest". The Canadian Entomologist. 131 (6): 707–713. doi:10.4039/ent131707-6.