SPHAEROCERIDAE
(lesser dung flies)

SPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
COPROMYZINAE
a subfamily of lesser dung flies
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 1 trophisms 2 references
LIMOSININAE
a subfamily of lesser dung flies
Subfamily 15 subtaxa 11 trophisms 10 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySPHAEROCEROIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Pitkin, B.R. 1988 Lesser Dung Flies (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5e, 175pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Roháček, J. & Munari, L. 1993 Gonioneura Rondani, 1880 - a senior synonym of Halidayina Duda, 1918, with catalogue of the genus (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) Bolletino della Societa Entomologica Italiana Vol 124: 247-249.
Roháček, J. 1993 Herniosina Roháček and Minilimosina Roháček of Europe: two new species, new records and taxonomic notes (Insecta, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) Entomologische Abhandlungen Vol 55: 185-203.

SPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Papp, L. 2008 New genera of the Old World Limosininae (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) ACTA ZOOL ACAD SCI H 54, Suppl. 2: 47-209.
Roháček, J. 2012 Wing polymorphism in European species of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) Acta entomologica musei nationalis Pragae Vol 52(2): 535-558.
Roháček, J. 2001 World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera)
Roháček, J. 1982 A monograph and reclassification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe Beiträge zur Entomologie Vol 32: 195-282.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies):

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