Mesosphaerocera

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

Mesosphaerocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:
Sphaerocerinae
Genus:
Mesosphaerocera

Kim, 1972[1]
Type species
Sphaerocera annulicornis

Species
  • M. amicimyrmex Kim, 1972[1]
  • M. annulicornis (Malloch, 1913)[2]
  • M. facialis (Papp, 1978)[5]
  • M. pueblensis Kim, 1972[1]
  • M. robusta (Kim, 1972)[1]

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. Washington. 44: 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.
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