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Sphyracephala

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Sphyracephala
Sphyracephala hearseiana, Udaipur, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Diopsidae
Subfamily: Diopsinae
Genus: Sphyracephala
Say, 1828
Synonyms
  • Hexechopsis Rondani, 1875
  • Sphryracephala Gray, 1832
  • Zygocephala Rondani, 1875

Sphyracephala is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae,[1] with records from Africa, Europe, Asia and N. America.[2]

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

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BioLib and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]

  1. Sphyracephala beccarii Rondani, 1873
  2. Sphyracephala bipunctipennis (Senior-White, 1922)
  3. Sphyracephala brevicornis (Say, 1817)
  4. Sphyracephala europaea Papp & Földvári, 1997
  5. Sphyracephala hearseiana (Westwood, 1845)
  6. Sphyracephala nigrimana Loew, 1873
  7. Sphyracephala subbifasciata Fitch, 1855


References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Sphyracephala Say, 1828 (retrieved 23 March 2024)
  3. ^ 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.