Papuellicesa

Papuellicesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:
Limosininae
Genus:
Papuellicesa

Koçak & Kemal, 2010[1]
Type species
Leptocera (Papuella) scrobifera
Richards, 1973[2]
Synonyms
  • Papuella Richards, 1973[2]

Papuellicesa is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae (lesser dung flies). it contains a single species, Papuellicesa scrobifera, which is native to New Guinea. It formerly named Papuella, but this was a junior homonym of a genus of beetle.[3]

Species

References

  1. ^ Koçak, A. Ö; Kemal, M. (2010). "Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names of the order Diptera". Miscellaneous Papers, Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara. 151: 5–7.
  2. ^ a b c Richards, O. W. (1973). "The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian Region". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series. 21 (22): 297–401. doi:10.1071/AJZS022.
  3. ^ Marshall, Stephen A.; Roháček, Jindřich; Dong, Hui; Buck, Matthias (2011). "The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000–2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 51 (1). Pragae: 217–298. ISSN 0374-1036. Retrieved 24 October 2017.