Sphaerina

Sphaerina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Blondeliini
Genus:	Sphaerina Wulp, 1890[1]
Type species
Sphaerina nitidula Wulp, 1890[1]
Synonyms
Calpodomyia Townsend, 1915[2] Proxynops Townsend, 1927[3] Gopaulia Thompson, 1968 Microtownsendia Curran, 1934[4]

Sphaerina is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[5][6][7]

Species

• Sphaerina linearis (Townsend, 1915)[2]
• Sphaerina nigrifrons (Thompson, 1968)
• Sphaerina nitens (Curran, 1934)[4]
• Sphaerina nitidula Wulp, 1890[1]

References

1. Wulp, F. M. van der (1890). "Family Muscidae". Biologia Centrali-Americana: Zoology, Botany and Archaeology. 2: 186–204. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
2. Townsend, C.H.T. (1915). "New Neotropical muscoid flies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 49 (2115): 405–440. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2115.405. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
3. Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). "Synopse dos generos muscideos da região humida tropical da America, com generos e especies novas". Revista do Museu Paulista. 15: 203–385 + 4 pls. + [4 (errata).
4. Curran, C.H. (1934). The families and genera of North American Diptera. New York: Ballou Press. pp. 512 pp. + 2 pls.
5. O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
6. O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
7. James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. University of Guelph. Retrieved August 1, 2010.