Nephrocerus

Nephrocerus
Nephrocerus scutellatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Pipunculidae
Subfamily:	Nephrocerinae
Tribe:	Nephrocerini
Genus:	Nephrocerus Zetterstedt, 1838[1]
Type species
Nephrocerus lapponicus Zetterstedt, 1838[1]
Synonyms
Nephrocerus Zetterstedt, 1837[2]

Nephrocerus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.[3]

The species of this genus are found in Europe, Asia and Northern America.[4]

Species

• Nephrocerus acanthostylus Skevington, 2005[5]
• Nephrocerus atrapilus Skevington, 2005[5]
• Nephrocerus auritus Xu & Yang, 1997
• Nephrocerus bullatus Shao, Huo & Yang, 2018
• Nephrocerus corpulentus Skevington, 2005[5]
• Nephrocerus daeckei Johnson, 1903[6]
• Nephrocerus fatalis Churkin, 1991
• Nephrocerus flavicornis Zetterstedt, 1844[7]
• Nephrocerus flexus Morakote, 1988[8]
• Nephrocerus grandis Morakote, 1988[8]
• Nephrocerus japonicus Morakote, 1988[8]
• Nephrocerus lapponicus Zetterstedt, 1838
• Nephrocerus nevskajae Churkin, 1991
• Nephrocerus oligocenicus Carpenter & Hull, 1939
• Nephrocerus paektusanensis Kozánek & Kwon, 1992
• Nephrocerus scutellatus (Macquart, 1834)[9]
• Nephrocerus slossonae Johnson, 1915
• Nephrocerus spineus Morakote, 1988[8]
• Nephrocerus woodi Skevington, 2005[5]
• Nephrocerus zaitzevi Kuznetzov, 1990[10]

References

1. Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838). Dipterologis Scandinaviae. Sect. 3: Diptera, pp. 477-868. In his Insecta Lapponica. Lipsiae [= Leipzig]. pp. vi + 1, 140.
2. Zetterstedt, J. W. (1837). "Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum". Isis (Oken's). 21: 28–67.
3. Coe, R.L. (1966). Pipunculidae (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. p. 83. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
4. "Nephrocerus Zetterstedt, 1838". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
5. Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2005). "Revision of Nearctic Nephrocerus Zetterstedt (Diptera: Pipunculidae)". Zootaxa. 977 (1): 1–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.977.1.1. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
6. Johnson, C.W. (1903). "Two new species of the family Pipunculidae". Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 107–108. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
7. Zetterstedt, J.W. (1844). "Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta". Tomus Tertius. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund.]: 895–1280.
8. Morakote, R. (1988). "Four new species of Nephrocerus Zetterstedt (Diptera: Pipunculidae) from Japan". Esakia. 26: 79–90. doi:10.5109/2507. S2CID 82699301.
9. Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.
10. Kuznetzov, S.Y. (1990). "New Palaearctic species of Pipunculidae (Diptera)". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 1: 23–50.