| Poecilosomella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sphaeroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Limosininae |
| Genus: | Poecilosomella Duda, 1925[1] |
| Type species | |
| Copromyza punctipennis Wiedemann, 1824
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| Synonyms | |
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Poecilosomella is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies. These small flies, often with attractive patterning on the wings and body, are commonly found in a wide range of habitats throughout the Old World and Australasia.[3][4]
- ^ Duda, Oswald (1925). "Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten" (PDF). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, Abteilung A. 90 ((11)(1924): 5–21. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1959). "Sphaerocerinae, Limosinae, Ceropterinae (Diptera, Ephydroidea)". Fascicule. 17 (2). Parc National de la Garamba, Mission H. de Saeger (1949-52): 15–85.
- ^ 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 978-80-86224-21-3. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ 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): 217–298. ISSN 0374-1036. Retrieved 24 October 2017.