Abstract Abstract
A checklist of the family Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) recorded from Finland.
Keywords: Checklist, Finland, Diptera, Sphaeroceridae
Introduction
Sphaeroceridae or lesser dung flies are mostly small and dull dark brown to grey acalyptrate flies. They are easily distinguished from other acalyptratae because of the short and thickened basal tarsomeres of hind legs. Larvae of Sphaeroceridae develop in decaying organic matter such as decaying vegetation, dung and rotten fungi.
The family has gathered little interest among entomologists in Finland. Walter Hackman concentrated on the taxonomy of the subfamily Copromyzinae (Hackman 1965) and investigated the dipterous fauna, including sphaerocerids, in the burrows of small mammals (Hackman 1963). Hackman (1980) published the latest list of the Finnish sphaerocerid species. Further species were added in several revisions of European taxa by Roháček (1982, 1983, 1991). There has been increasing interest in sphaerocerids in Finland after the year 2000 (see Haarto and Kahanpää 2013).
The classification follows the world catalogue of Sphaeroceridae (Roháček et al. 2001, Marshall et al. 2011).
Number of species:
World: 1571 species (Pape et al. 2011)
Europe: 257 species
Finland: 118 species
Faunistic knowledge level in Finland: average
Checklist
suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834
clade Eremoneura Lameere, 1906
clade Cyclorrhapha Brauer, 1863
infraorder Schizophora Becher, 1882
clade Muscaria Enderlein, 1936
parvorder Acalyptratae Macquart, 1835
superfamily Sphaeroceroidea Macquart, 1835
SPHAEROCERIDAE Macquart, 1835
COPROMYZINAE Stenhammar, 1854
ALLOBORBORUS Duda, 1923
Alloborborus pallifrons (Fallén, 1820)
= flavipennis (Haliday, 1836)
BORBORILLUS Duda, 1923
Borborillus uncinatus (Duda, 1923)
Borborillus vitripennis (Meigen, 1830)
= longipennis (Haliday, 1836)
COPROMYZA Fallén, 1810
Copromyza borealis Zetterstedt, 1847
Copromyza equina Fallén, 1820
Copromyza nigrina (Gimmerthal, 1847)
= similis (Collin, 1930)
Copromyza stercoraria (Meigen, 1830)
CRUMOMYIA Macquart, 1835
= Apterina Macquart, 1835
Crumomyia fimetaria (Meigen, 1830)
Crumomyia gelida Hackman, 1965
Crumomyia glabrifrons (Meigen, 1830)
Crumomyia nigra (Meigen, 1830)
Crumomyia nitida (Meigen, 1830)
Crumomyia notabilis (Collin, 1902)
= glacialis misid.
Crumomyia pedestris (Meigen, 1830
Crumomyia pruinosa (Richards, 1932)
= annulus misid.
= rufoannulata misid.
Crumomyia setitibialis (Spuler, 1925)
= freyi (Hackman, 1965)
= annulipes misid.
= roseri misid.
LOTOPHILA Lioy, 1864
Lotophila atra (Meigen, 1830)
NORRBOMIA Papp, 1988
Norrbomia costalis (Zetterstedt, 1847)
Norrbomia fumipennis (Stenhammar, 1855)
Norrbomia hispanica (Duda, 1923)
Norrbomia sordida (Zetterstedt, 1847)
SPHAEROCERINAE Macquart, 1835
ISCHIOLEPTA Lioy, 1864
Ischiolepta crenata (Meigen, 1838)
Ischiolepta denticulata (Meigen, 1830)
= paracrenata (Duda, 1920)
Ischiolepta micropyga (Duda, 1938)
Ischiolepta nitida (Duda, 1920)
= denticulata auct. nec (Meigen, 1830)
Ischiolepta pusilla (Fallén, 1820)
Ischiolepta scabricula (Haliday, 1836)
Ischiolepta vaporariorum (Haliday, 1836)
LOTOBIA Lioy, 1864
Lotobia pallidiventris (Meigen, 1830)
SPHAEROCERA Latreille, 1804
= Cypsela Meigen, 1800 suppr.
Sphaerocera curvipes Latreille, 1805
Sphaerocera monilis Haliday, 1836
LIMOSININAE Frey, 1921
APTEROMYIA Vimmer, 1929
Apteromyia claviventris (Strobl, 1909)
BIFRONSINA Roháček, 1983
Bifronsina bifrons (Stenhammar, 1855)
CHAETOPODELLA Duda, 1920
sg. Chaetopodella Duda, 1920
Chaetopodella scutellaris (Haliday, 1836)
COPROICA Rondani, 1861
Coproica acutangula (Zetterstedt, 1847)
Coproica ferruginata (Stenhammar, 1855)
Coproica hirticula Collin, 1965
Coproica hirtula (Rondani, 1880)
Coproica lugubris (Haliday, 1835)
Coproica pusio (Zetterstedt, 1847)
= pseudolugubris (Duda, 1924)
Coproica vagans (Haliday, 1833)
ELACHISOMA Rondani, 1880
Elachisoma aterrimum (Haliday, 1833)
EULIMOSINA Roháček, 1983
Eulimosina ochripes (Meigen, 1830)
GIGALIMOSINA Roháček, 1983
Gigalimosina flaviceps Zetterstedt, 1847
GONIONEURA Rondani, 1880
= Halidayina Duda, 1918
Gonioneura spinipennis (Haliday, 1836)
HERNIOSINA Roháček, 1983
Herniosina bequaerti (Villeneuve, 1917)
LEPTOCERA Olivier, 1813
= Paracollinella Duda, 1924
Leptocera caenosa (Rondani, 1880)
Leptocera finalis (Collin, 1956)
Leptocera fontinalis (Fallén, 1826)
Leptocera nigra Olivier, 1813
LIMOSINA Macquart, 1835
Limosina silvatica (Meigen, 1830)
MINILIMOSINA Roháček, 1983
sg. Minilimosina Roháček, 1983
Minilimosina baculum Marshall, 1985
Minilimosina bicuspis Roháček, 1993
= trogeri misid.
Minilimosina fungicola (Haliday, 1836)
= exigua (Rondani, 1880)
Minilimosina parvula Stenhammar, 1855
Minilimosina tenera Roháček, 1983
sg. Svarciella Roháček, 1983
Minilimosina guestphalica (Duda, 1918)
= v-atrum misid.
Minilimosina v-atrum (Villeneuve, 1917)
= splendens (Duda, 1928)
Minilimosina vitripennis (Zetterstedt, 1847)
OPACIFRONS Duda, 1918
Opacifrons coxata (Stenhammar, 1855)
OPALIMOSINA Roháček, 1983
sg. Dentilimosina Roháček, 1983
Opalimosina denticulata (Duda, 1924)
sg. Opalimosina Roháček, 1983
Opalimosina collini (Richards, 1929)
Opalimosina mirabilis (Collin, 1902)
Opalimosina simplex Richards 1929
sg. Pappiella Roháček, 1983
Opalimosina liliputana (Rondani, 1880)
= appendiculata Villeneuve, 1918
PARALIMOSINA Papp, 1973
Paralimosina kaszabi Papp, 1973
PHILOCOPRELLA Richards, 1929
Philocoprella quadrispina (Laurence, 1952)
PHTHITIA Enderlein, 1938
sg. Alimosina Roháček, 1983
Phthitia empirica (Hutton, 1901)
= cadaverina (Duda, 1918)
sg. Collimosina Roháček, 1983
Phthitia spinosa Collin, 1930
sg. Kimosina Roháček, 1983
Phthitia longisetosa (Dahl, 1909)
Phthitia plumosula (Rondani, 1880)
PSEUDOCOLLINELLA Duda, 1924
Pseudocollinella flavilabris (Hackman, 1968)
Pseudocollinella humida (Haliday, 1836)
Pseudocollinella septentrionalis (Stenhammar, 1855)
PTEREMIS Rondani, 1856
Pteremis fenestralis (Fallén, 1820)
= nivalis (Haliday, 1833)
= subaptera Frey, 1946
PULLIMOSINA Roháček, 1983
sg. Dahlimosina Roháček, 1983
Pullimosina dahli (Duda, 1918)
sg. Pullimosina Roháček, 1983
Pullimosina heteroneura (Haliday, 1836)
Pullimosina meijerei (Duda, 1918)
Pullimosina moesta (Villeneuve, 1918)
= antennata (Duda, 1918)
Pullimosina pullula (Zetterstedt, 1847)
Pullimosina vulgesta Roháček, 2001
= moesta auct. nec (Villeneuve, 1918)
RACHISPODA Lioy, 1864
Rachispoda anceps (Stenhammar, 1855)
Rachispoda breviceps (Stenhammar, 1855)
Rachispoda fuscipennis (Haliday, 1833)
Rachispoda hostica Villeneuve, 1917
Rachispoda intermedia (Duda, 1918)
Rachispoda limosa (Zetterstedt, 1820)
Rachispoda lugubrina (Zetterstedt, 1847)
Rachispoda lutosa (Stenhammar, 1855)
= palustris (Collin, 1930)
Rachispoda lutosoidea (Duda, 1938)
= lutosa auct. nec (Stenhammar, 1855)
SPELOBIA Spuler, 1924
Spelobia belanica Roháček, 1983
Spelobia cambrica (Richards, 1929)
Spelobia clunipes (Meigen, 1830)
= crassimana (Haliday, 1836)
Spelobia ibrida Roháček, 1983
Spelobia luteilabris (Rondani, 1880)
Spelobia manicata (Richards, 1927)
Spelobia nana (Rondani, 1880)
Spelobia palmata (Richards, 1927)
Spelobia pappi Roháček, 1983
Spelobia parapusio (Dahl, 1909)
Spelobia pseudonivalis (Dahl, 1909)
Spelobia pseudosetaria (Duda, 1918)
= penetralis (Collin, 1925)
Spelobia rufilabris (Stenhammar, 1855)
Spelobia talparum (Richards, 1927)
Spelobia ulla Roháček, 1983
SPINILIMOSINA Roháček, 1983
Spinilimosina brevicostata (Duda, 1918)
TELOMERINA Roháček, 1983
Telomerina eburnea Roháček, 1983
Telomerina flavipes (Meigen, 1830)
Telomerina pseudoleucoptera (Duda, 1924)
TERRILIMOSINA Roháček, 1983
Terrilimosina racovitzai (Bezzi, 1911)
Terrilimosina schmitzi (Duda, 1918)
THORACOCHAETA Duda, 1918
Thoracochaeta brachystoma (Stenhammar, 1855)
Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833)
TRACHYOPELLA Duda, 1918
sg. Nudopella Roháček & Marshall, 1986
Trachyopella leucoptera (Haliday, 1836)
sg. Trachyopella Duda, 1918
Trachyopella atomus (Rondani, 1880)
Trachyopella bovilla Collin, 1954
= coprina misid.
Trachyopella lineafrons (Spuler, 1925)
= atomus misid.
Trachyopella melania (Haliday, 1836)
= villeneuvii (Duda, 1924)
Excluded species
Rachispoda cilifera (Rondani, 1880) not found within present borders
Minilimosina unica (Papp, 1973) not found within present borders
= hackmani (Roháček, 1977)
Notes
Spelobia manicata (Richards, 1927) is considered a valid species although Pitkin (1988) synonymized it with Spelobia clunipes (Meigen, 1830).
Citation
Haarto A, Kahanpää J (2014) Checklist of the family Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) of Finland. In: Kahanpää J, Salmela J (Eds) Checklist of the Diptera of Finland. ZooKeys 441: 325–332. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.441.7250
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