Philocoprella

Philocoprella is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.[2]

Philocoprella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:	Limosininae
Genus:	Philocoprella Richards, 1929[1]
Type species
Leptocera (Philocoprella) arvernica Richards, 1929[1]

Species

• P. arvernica (Richards, 1929)[1]
• P. italica (Deeming, 1964)[3]
• P. mongolica Papp, 1973[4]
• P. quadrispina (Laurence, 1952)[5]
• P. rectiradiata Papp, 1973[4]

References

1. Richards, O. W. (1929). "Systematic notes on the Borboridae (Diptera) with description of new species of Leptocera (Limosina)". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 65: 171–176.
2. Rohček, Jindřich; Marshall, Stephen A.; Norrbom, Allen L.; Buck, Matthias; Quiros, Dora Isabel; Smith, Ian (2001). Rohček, Jindřich (ed.). World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava: Slezské Zemské Muzeum. pp. 1–414. ISBN 978-8086224213. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
3. Deeming, J. C (1964). "A new species of Leptocera Olivier (Philocoprella Richards) from Italy (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 33: 145–146.
4. Papp, László (1973). "Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Mongolia". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 19: 369–425.
5. Laurence, B. R. (1952). "Two coprophilous Diptera (Borboridae and Sepsidae) new to Britain". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 88: 81–82.

Further reading

• Laurence, B. R. 1952. Two coprophilous Diptera (Borboridae and Sepsidae) new to Britain. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 88: 81-82