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Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Heleomyzidae » Heleomyzinae » Orbelliini » Orbellia » Orbellia petersoni

A new genus and species of Helomyzidae (Diptera)

By Malloch J.R.
Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, 11(1): 14-16, 1916

Malloch’s original description of Orbellia petersoni as Anarostomoides petersoni

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(note that Malloch’s spelling of the family name leaves out the second “e”)

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 22 January, 2018 - 4:09pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Heleomyzidae » Heleomyzinae » Heleomyzini » Amoebaleria » Amoebaleria defessa

The synonymy of Amoebaleria sackeni Garrett (Diptera: Heleomyzidae)

By Steyskal, G.C.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70(2):113, 1968

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 5 February, 2019 - 11:08am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Sphaerocerinae » Ischiolepta

Systematics of Ischiolepta Lioy (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

By Ho-Yeon Han & Ke Chung Kim
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1990

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Contributed by Spencer Pote on 30 June, 2021 - 12:35pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Sclerocoelus

A revision of the genus Sclerocoelus Marshall (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

By Kuwahara GK, Marshall SA, and Paiero SM
European Journal of Taxonomy 979(1), 1-277, 2025

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.979.2803

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 18 May, 2025 - 10:51pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Xenolimosina

New North American species and records in the genus Xenolimosina Roháček (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae)

By Marshall, S.A.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 101: 270-273, 1999

Online @ BHL

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 28 July, 2025 - 12:00pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Leptocera

Revision of New World Leptocera Olivier (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)

By Buck, M. and S.A. Marshall
Zootaxa 2039: 1-139, 2009

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 18 May, 2014 - 7:02pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Coproica

A review of the New World Coproica (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) with a description of 8 new species

By Bergeron, MD, Marshall, SA, and Swann, JE
Zootaxa 3953 (1): 001–157, 2015

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3953.1.1

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 4 June, 2025 - 9:48pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Thoracochaeta

A revision of the Nearctic Leptocera (Thoracochaeta Duda) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

By Marshall S.A.
Can. Entomol. 114: 63-78, 1982

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Contributed by v belov on 14 July, 2023 - 10:15pm

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