Biology:Sphyracephala

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Short description: Genus of flies

Sphyracephala
Sphyracephala hearseiana Udaipur.jpg
Sphyracephala hearseiana, Udaipur, India
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Diopsidae
Genus: Sphyracephala
Say, 1828

Sphyracephala is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae.[1] It resembles the presumed extinct genus Prosphyracephala, known from Baltic amber.

Species

  • S. hearseiana (Westwood, 1844)
  • S. beccarii Rondani, 1873
  • S. europaea Papp & Foldvari, 1997
  • S. nigrimana Loew, 1873

References

  1. Papp, L; Földvári, M (1997). "Sphyracephala europaea sp. n. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Hungary represents a family new to Europe." (PDF). Folia Entomologica Hungarica (Hungary) 58: 137–146. http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/folentom/FoliaEntHung_1997_Vol_58_137.pdf. Retrieved 23 January 2012. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7576843 entry