Metopininae Explained

The Metopininae are a subfamily of flies in the family Phoridae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Tribe: Beckerinini

• Beckerina Malloch, 1910^[2]

Tribe: Metopinini Peterson 1987^[3]

• Acanthophorides Borgmeier, 1924^[4]
• Acontistoptera Brues, 1902^[5]
• Apocephalus Coquillett, 1901^[6]
• Auxanommatidia Borgmeier, 1924^[4]
• Cataclinusa Schmitz, 1927^[7]
• Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 1898^[8]
• Commoptera Brues, 1901^[9]
• Cremersia Schmitz, 1924^[10]
• Dacnophora Borgmeier, 1961^[11]
• Diocophora Borgmeier, 1959^[12]
• Ecitomyia Brues, 1901^[9]
• Ecitoptera Borgmeier & Schmitz, 1923^[13]
• Gymnophora Macquart, 1835^[14]
• Kerophora Brown, 1988^[15]
• Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 1962^[16]
• Megaselia Rondani, 1856^[17]
• Melaloncha Brues, 1903^[18]
• Menozziola Schmitz, 1927^[19]
• Metopina Macquart, 1835^[14]
• Microselia Schmitz, 1934^[20]
• Myrmosicarius Borgmeier, 1928^[21]
• Neodohrniphora Malloch, 1914^[22]
• Pericyclocera Schmitz, 1927^[23]
• Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912^[24]
• Phymatopterella Brues, 1933^[25]
• Physoptera Borgmeier, 1958^[26]
• Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907^[27]
• Puliciphora Dahl, 1897^[28]
• Rhyncophoromyia Malloch, 1923^[29]
• Stenophorina Borgmeier, 1963^[30]
• Styletta Borgmeier, 1960^[31]
• Syneura Brues, 1903^[32]
• Trophithauma Schmitz, 1925^[33]
• Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960^[31]
• Xanionotum Brues, 1902^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=139108 Subfamily
2. Malloch . J.R. . Scottish Phoridae, with tables of all the British species, and notes of localities . Scottish Naturalist . 1910 . 1910 . 15–21.
3. Peterson . B. V. . Phoridae. Canada Department of Agriculture Research Branch, Monograph no. 27 . Manual of Nearctic Diptera . 1987 . 2 . 689–712.
4. Borgmeier . T. . Novos generos e especies de phorideos do Brasil . Boletim do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro . 1924 . 1 . 167–202.
5. Brues . C.T. . New and little known guests of the Texan legionary ants . American Naturalist . 1902 . 36 . 425 . 365–378 . 10.1086/278138 . 2453445 . 84853668 . 24 October 2020.
6. Coquillett . Daniel William . [''Apocephalus'' n. gen.]. In: Pergande, the ant decapitating fly ]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1901 . 4 . 501 . 24 October 2020.
7. Schmitz . H. . Revision der Phoridengattungen mit Beschreibung neuer Gattungen und Arten . Natuurhistorisch Maandblad . 1927 . 16 . 72–79.
8. Wandolleck . Benno . Die Stethopathidae, eine neue flugel- und schwingerlose Familie der Diptera . Zoologischer Jahrbucher (Syst.) . 1898 . 11 . 412–441 . 25 October 2020.
9. Brues . C.T. . wo new myrmecophilous genera of aberrant Phoridae from Texas . American Naturalist . 1901 . 35 . 413 . 337–356. 10.1086/277919 . 14741528 . 2152/31121 . free .
10. Schmitz . H. . Een nieuwe phoride, Cremersia zikani n. g. n. sp. . Natuurhistorisch Maandblad . 1924 . 13 . 32–34.
11. Borgmeier . T. . Weitere Beitraege zur Kenntnis der neotropischen Phoriden, nebst Beschreibung einiger Dohrniphora-Arten aus der indo-australischen Region (Diptera, Phoridae) . Studia Entomologica . 1961 . 4 . 1–112.
12. Borgmeier . T. . Neue und wenig bekannte Phoriden aus der neotropischen Region. Nebst einigen Arten aud dem Belgischen Congo-Gebiet (Diptera, Phoridae) . Studia Entomologica . 1959 . 2 . 129–208.
13. Schmitz . H. . Zwei neue Phoriden aus Argentinien, von H. Schmitz S. J.. . Revista del Museo de La Plata . 1923 . 27 . 209–212.
14. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Histoire Naturelle des insectes. Diptères. Tome deuxieme . 1835 . Roret . Paris . 710 pp., 12 pls.
15. Brown . B.V. . Additions to the phorid chapter in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera . The Canadian Entomologist . 1988 . 120 . 307–322. 10.4039/Ent120307-4 . 84401843 .
16. Borgmeier . T. . Some new North American species of the dipterous family Phoridae . Revista Brasileira de Biologia . 1962 . 22 . 65–82. 13871322 .
17. Book: Rondani . Camillo . Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. . 1856 . A. Stocchi . Parmae [= Parma]. . 226 + [2] pp.
18. Brues . Charles Thomas . A monograph of the North American Phoridae . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 1904 . (1903) 29 . 369–404 . 24 October 2020.
19. Schmitz . H. . Revision der Phoridengattungen mit Beschreibung neuer Gattungen und Arten . Natuurhistorisch Maandblad . 1927 . 16 . 92–100.
20. Schmitz . H. . Eine neue parasitische Phoride aus dem Mittelmeergebiet. Microselia rivierae n. g., n. sp. . Brotéria (Serie Ciências Naturais) . 1934 . 3 . 10–14.
21. Borgmeier . Thomas. Nota previa sobre alguns phorideos que parasitam formigas cortadeiras dos generos Atta e AcroPmyrmex. . Bol. Biol. Lab. Arasit. Fac. Med. S. Paulo . 1928 . 1928 . 119–126.
22. Malloch . J.R. . Costa Rican Diptera collected by Philip P. Calvert, Paper I. A partial report on the Borboridae, Phoridae and Agromyzidae . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 1914 . 40 . 8–36, 1 plate.
23. Schmitz . H. . Klassifikation der Phoriden und Gattungsschluessel [concl.] . Natuurhistorisch Maandblad . 1927 . 16 . 19–28.
24. Enderlein . G. . Die Phoridenfauna Süd-Brasiliens . Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . 1912 . 73 . 16–45.
25. Brues . C.T. . A new genus of Phoridae from Peru. . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 1933 . 40 . 3 . 106–111 . 10.1155/1933/63795 . 25 October 2020 . free .
26. Borgmeier . Thomaz . Neue Beitraege zur Kenntnis der neotropischen Phoriden (Diptera, Phoridae) . Studia Entomologica . 1958 . 1 . 305–406.
27. Coquillett . D.W. . A new phorid genus with horny ovipositor . The Canadian Entomologist . 1907 . 39 . 6 . 207–208. 10.4039/Ent39207-6 . 84271314 .
28. Dahl . F.T. . Puliciphora, eine neue flohahnliche Fliegengattung . Zoologischer Anzeiger . 1897 . 20 . 409–412.
29. Malloch . John Russell . A new genus of Phoridae (Diptera) . Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society . 1923 . 18 . 143–144 . 25 October 2020.
30. Borgmeier . T. . Revision of the North American Phorid Flies. Part 1. (Dipt. Phoridae) . Studia Entomologica . 1963 . 6 . 1–256.
31. Borgmeier . T. . Nota previa sobre quatro generos novos da familia Phoridae (Diptera) . Studia Entomologica . 1960 . 3 . 489–492.
32. Aldrich . J.M. . New Diptera, or two-winged flies, from America, Asia, and Java, with additional notes . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 81 . 9 . 28 pp., 1 pl . 26 October 2020.
33. Schmitz . H. . Trophithauma, eine neue Phoridengattung aus Costa Rica und den Philippinen . Natuurhistorisch Maandblad . 1925 . 14 . 40.