Sphyracephala is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae,[1] with records from Africa, Europe, Asia and N. America.[2]
| Sphyracephala | |
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| Sphyracephala hearseiana, Udaipur, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Diopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Diopsinae |
| Genus: | Sphyracephala Say, 1828 |
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Flies are commonly found on leaves and stem of trees and plants along streams and rivers. Very large clusters of Sphyracephala are known with clusters numbering over 100,000 individual flies, with roughly half being males.[3]
This genus resembles the presumed extinct genus Prosphyracephala, known from Baltic amber.
Species edit
BioLib and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]
- Sphyracephala beccarii Rondani, 1873
- Sphyracephala bipunctipennis (Senior-White, 1922)
- Sphyracephala brevicornis (Say, 1817)
- Sphyracephala europaea Papp & Földvári, 1997
- Sphyracephala hearseiana (Westwood, 1845)
- Sphyracephala nigrimana Loew, 1873
- Sphyracephala subbifasciata Fitch, 1855
References edit
- ^ Papp, L; Földvári, M (1997). "Sphyracephala europaea sp. n. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Hungary represents a family new to Europe" (PDF). Folia Entomologica Hungarica. 58. Hungary: 137–146. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Sphyracephala Say, 1828 (retrieved 23 March 2024)
- ^ Feijen, Hans R.; Martin, Ralph; Feijen, Cobi (2017-11-30). "The occurrence of stalk-eyed flies (Diptera, Diopsidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a review of cluster formation in the Diopsidae". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 160 (2): 75–88. doi:10.1163/22119434-00002065. ISSN 2211-9434.