Poecilosomella

Poecilosomella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Synonyms
  • Poecilosomela Vanschuytbroeck, 1959[2]

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1959). "Sphaerocerinae, Limosinae, Ceropterinae (Diptera, Ephydroidea)". Fascicule. 17 (2). Parc National de la Garamba, Mission H. de Saeger (1949-52): 15–85.
  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 978-80-86224-21-3. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ^ 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.