Phthitia

Genus of flies

Phthitia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:  | Limosininae
Genus:  | Phthitia
Enderlein, 1938[1]
Type species
Phthitia venosa

Enderlein, 1938[1]

Synonyms

* Phtitia Hackman, 1969[2]
* Pterodrepana Enderlein, 1938[1]
* Aubertinia Richards, 1951[3]

Phthitia is a genus of flies belonging to the family of Lesser Dung flies.[4][5]

## Species

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These 42 species belong to the genus Phthitia.[6]

Subgenus Alimosina Roháček, 1983[7]
Phthitia empirica (Hutton, 1901)[8]
Subgenus Aubertinia
Phthitia sanctaehelenae (Richards, 1951)[3]
Subgenus Kimosina Roháček, 1983[7]
(The genus Limosina also has a subgenus named Kimosina.)
Phthitia plumosula (Rondani, 1880)
Phthitia popularis (Richards, 1973)
Phthitia vulgaris Papp, 2017
Not assigned to subgenus

Phthitia alexandri Richards, 1955[9]
Phthitia antillensis Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia basilata Su, 2011
Phthitia bicalyx Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia cercipilis Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia charpentieri Marshall & Smith, 1995[11]
Phthitia cortesi Marshall & Smith, 1995[11]
Phthitia digiseta Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia digistylus Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia emarginata Marshall, 2009[12]
Phthitia globosa Su, Liu & Xu, 2013
Phthitia gonzalezi Marshall & Smith, 1995[11]
Phthitia incognita Papp, 2017
Phthitia lineasterna Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia lobocercus Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia longidigita Su, 2011
Phthitia longisetosa (Duda, 1909)[13]
Phthitia longula Su, Liu & Xu, 2013
Phthitia luteocercus Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia luteofrons Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia megocula Marshall, 1992
Phthitia miradorensis Marshall & Smith, 1995[11]
Phthitia mulroney Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia nerida Marshall, 1992
Phthitia nigrifacies Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia notthomasi Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia obunca Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia occimosa Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia ovicercus Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia plesiocercus Marshall, 2009[12]
Phthitia pollex Su, 2011
Phthitia quadricercus Marshall, 1992
Phthitia selkirki (Enderlein, 1938)[1]
Phthitia spinicalyx Marshall, 1992[10]
Phthitia squamosa Marshall & Winchester, 1999[14]
Phthitia sternipilis Su, Liu & Xu, 2013
Phthitia venosa Enderlein, 1938[1]

This genus formerly included the subgenera Collimosina, Phthitia, and Rufolimosina.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Enderlein, Günther (1938). Skottsberg, C. (ed.). "60. Die Dipterenfauna der Juan-Fernandez-Inseln und der Oster-Insel". The natural history of Juan Fernández and Easter Island (Zool.) Uppsala. 3: 643–680.
2. ^ Hackman, W. (1969). "A review of the zoogeography and classification of the Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Diptera)". Notulae Entomologicae. 49: 193–210.
3. ^ a b Richards, O. W. (1951). "Brachypterous Sphaeroceridae". British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1934-1935. 2 (8): 829–851.
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.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ "Phthitia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
7. ^ a b Roháček, Jindřich (1983). "A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part II". Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin. 33: 3–195. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
8. ^ Hutton, Frederick Wollaston (1901). "Synopsis of the Diptera Brachycera of New Zealand". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 33: 1–95. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
9. ^ Richards, O. W. (1955). "Los insectos de las Islas Juan Fernández. 21. Sphaeroceridae (Diptera)". Revista Chilena de Entomología. 4: 73–93.
10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Marshall, Stephen A.; Smith, I. P. (1992). "A revision of the New World and Pacific Phthitia Enderlein (Diptera; Sphaeroceridae; Limosininae), including Kimosina Roháček, new synonym and Aubertinia Richards, new synonym". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 161: 1–83.
11. ^ a b c d Marshall, Stephen A.; Smith, I. P. "A review of the Phthitia of the Juan Fernandez Islands, with descriptions of 4 new flightless species from Robinson Crusoe Island (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)". Acta Entomologica Chilena. 19: 31–50.
12. ^ a b Marshall, Stephen A.; Hall, Sabrina C. B.; Hodge, Simon (2009). "A review of the genus Phthitia Enderlein (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae) in New Zealand, with the description of two new species". New Zealand Entomologist. 32: 48–54\. doi:10.1080/00779962.2009.9722175.
13. ^ Dahl, F. (1909). "Die Gattung Limosina und die biocönotische Forschung". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 6: 360–377. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
14. ^ Marshall, Sephen A.; Winchester, N. N. (1999). "New species in the genera Minilimosina Roháček and Phthitia Enderlein (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from ancient Sitka spruce (Pinaceae) forest". The Canadian Entomologist. 131 (6): 707–713\. doi:10.4039/ent131707-6.

Taxon identifiers

Phthitia|

* Wikidata: Q14665380
* Wikispecies: Phthitia
* AFD: Phthitia
* BOLD: 399084
* CoL: 63MKX
* EoL: 55259
* Fauna Europaea: 64539
* Fauna Europaea (new): efadb684-cad1-4868-a458-08eff9a216c5
* GBIF: 1588764
* iNaturalist: 377678
* IRMNG: 1421476
* NBN: NHMSYS0000079282
* NCBI: 1692479
* NZOR: accab708-c08d-476d-b0a1-4ba8d6c1794b
* Open Tree of Life: 4399189
* WoRMS: 987658