Sphyracephala

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Diopsoidea

Familia: Diopsidae
Subfamilia: Diopsinae
Tribus: Sphyracephalini
Genus: Sphyracephala
Species: S. babadjanidesi – S. beccarii – S. brevicornis – S. detrahens – S. europaea – S. nigrimana
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Name

Sphyracephala Say, 1828
Synonyms

Pseudodiopsis Hendel, 1917

References

Papp, L.; Földváry, M.; Paulovics, P. 1997: Sphyracephala europaea sp. n. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Hungary represents a family new to Europe. Folia entomologica hungarica, 58: 137–146. PDF

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Sphyracephala is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae.[1] It resembles the presumed extinct genus Prosphyracephala, known from Baltic amber.
Species

S. hearseiana (Westwood, 1844)
S. beccarii Rondani, 1873
S. europaea Papp & Foldvari, 1997
S. nigrimana Loew, 1873
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References

Papp, L; Földvári, M (1997). "Sphyracephala europaea sp. n. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Hungary represents a family new to Europe" (PDF). Folia Entomologica Hungarica. Hungary. 58: 137–146. Retrieved 23 January 2012.