Spelobia palmata

Spelobia palmata is a species of fly belonging to the family of the Lesser Dung flies.[2]

Spelobia palmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:	Limosininae
Genus:	Spelobia
Subgenus:	Spelobia
Species:	S. palmata
Binomial name
Spelobia palmata (Richards, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
Limosina palmata Richards, 1927[1] Limosina leruthi Duda, 1938

Distribution

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,[3] Italy, Norway, Roumania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia.[4]

References

1. Richards, O. W. (1927). "New species of Limosina (Diptera) allied to L. crassimana Hal". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 63: 34–37.
2. Pitkin, B.R. (1988). "Lesser dung flies. Diptera: Sphaeroceridae". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. London: Royal Entomological Society. 10 (5e): 1–175. ISBN 0-901546-67-4.
3. Valentine, J.; Blackith, R. E.; Blackith, R. M. (1991). "Kimosina empirica, Leptocera cryptochaeta, Spelobia clunipes, S. nana, S. talparum, S. palmata and Telomerina flavipes (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) flies new to Ireland". Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society. The Irish Biogeographical Society. 14 (2): 105–108. ISSN 0332-1185.
4. 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.