Sphaeniscus Explained

Sphaeniscus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.^[1]

Species

• Sphaeniscus atilius (Walker, 1849)^[2]
• Sphaeniscus binoculatus (Bezzi, 1928)^[3]
• Sphaeniscus filiolus (Loew, 1869)^[4]
• Sphaeniscus lindbergi Hering, 1958^[5]
• Sphaeniscus melanotrichotus Hering, 1956^[6]
• Sphaeniscus quadrincisus (Wiedemann, 1824)^[7]
• Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus (Macquart, 1843)^[8]
• Sphaeniscus trifasciatus Korneyev & Dirlbek, 2000^[9]

Notes and References

1. Norrbom . A.L. . Carroll . L.E. . Thompson . F.C. . White . I.M . Freidberg . A. . Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. . Myia . 1999 . 9 . vii + 524.
2. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum . 1849 . IV . 3] + 689–1172 + [2] . British Museum (Natural History) . London. 27 January 2021.
3. Bezzi. Mario. Diptera Brachycera and Athericera of the Fiji Islands based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). Nature. 123. 3104. 1928. viii + 220.
4. Loew . H. . Revision der europäische n Trypetina . Zeitschrift für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften . 1869 . 34 . 7/8 . 1–24 . 7 February 2021.
5. Hering . E.M. . [New species], p. 20-22. In Frey,R. H., Zur Kenntnis der Diptera Brachycera p. p. der Kapverdischen Inseln. Commentat. . Biol. Soc. Sci. Fenn. . 1958 . 18 . 4 . 1–61.
6. Hering . E.M. . Trypetidae (Dipt.) von Ceylon (53. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae) . Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel . 1956 . 67 . 62–74.
7. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus Analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniens: maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat . 1824 . Kiliae,eregio typoguapheo scholarum. 1–60 . 11 May 2020.
8. Macquart. P. J. M.. Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus.. Tome Deuxieme.--3e Partie. Roret, Paris. 1843. 304 pp., 36 pls.
9. Korneyev . Valery A. . Dirlbek . Jan . The fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of Syria, Jordan and Iraq . Studia Dipterologica . 2000 . 7 . 2 . 463–482 . 4 March 2021.