Species of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) Represented
in the Guelph Collection



Here is a list of the Sphaeroceridae present in the Guelph Insect Collection.  This list will be continually updated as our collection becomes updated.  For more information concerning this portion of the collection please contact Dr. Steve Marshall.  Use the following list as a guide or go here to see the entire collection.
 
 
 
Copromyzinae Tucminae Limosininae Sphaerocerinae
Achaetothorax
Alloborborus
Aptilotus
Archiborborus
Borborillus
Crumomyia
Copromyza
Frutillaria
Gymnometopina
Lotophila
Mesosphaerocera
Metaborborus
Norrbomia		 Tucma Anatalanta
Anomioptera
Apteromyia
Aptilotella
Aptilotus
Archiceroptera
Archicollinella
Archileptocera
Biroina
Bitheca
Brachispoda
Bromeloecia
Caproica		 Ceroptera
Ceropterella
Chaetopodella
Dahlimosina
Druciatus
Elachisoma
Gigalimosina
Halidayina
Heriosina
Mediospinosa
Lepidosina
Leptocera
Limosina		 Lymomyza
Minilimosina 1 2
Nearcticorpus
Opacifrons
Opalimosina
Palaeoceroptera
Palaecoprina
Paralimosina
Philocoprella
Phthitia
Poecilosomella
Pseudocollinella
Pteremis		 Pterogramma
Pullimosina
Puncticorpus
Rachispoda
Rudolfina
Sclerocoelus
Siphlopteryx
Spelobia
Spinilimosina
Telomerina
Thoracochaeta
Trachyopella
Xenolimosina		 Afromyia
Ischiolepta
Lotobia
Mesosphaerocera
Neosphaerocera
Parasphaerocera
Sphaerocera
Misc.



 
Subfamily Genus Species Approx. # of
Pinned Specimens
Copromyzinae Frutillaria sp. 123
Aptilotus sp. 109
Archiborborus albicans 53
chilensis 110
hirtus 256
maculipennis 37
microphthalma 4
orbitalis 124
submaculatus 107
sp. 2212
Crumomyia annulus 2
fimentaria 1
gelida 7
glabifrons 10
immensa 54
maculipennis 12
nigra 2
nitida 1
pedestris 6
pilosa 4
pruinosa 20
roserii 5
setitibialis 19
subaptera 23
zuskai 3
sp. 48
Copromyza equina 180
neglecta 90
stercoraria 6
sp. 89
Gymnometopina sp. 2
Metaborborus sp. 6
Lotophila bella 2
bicolor 1
confusa 47
pallida 9
sp. 761
Mesosphaerocera annulicornis 3
Norrbomia frigipennis 1212
fulvipennis 39
fumipennis 46
indica 112
lacteipennis 8
marginatis 22
mexicana 23
scripta 200
somogyii 38
sordida 29
triglabra 1
yukonensis 7
sp. 165
Alloborborus pallifrons 2
Borborillus uncinatus 2
vitripennis 6
Achaetothorax sp. 2
Tucminae Tucma tucumana 70
Limosininae Thoracochaeta ancudensis 291
arnaudi 46
bajaminuta 4
brachystoma 726
erectiseta 6
flaminuta 30
johnsoni 520
neofucicola 6
peculiaris 220
seticosta 83
teskeyi 138
valentinei 7
zealandica 258
zosterae 460
sp. 51
Trachyopella apotarsata 2
atomus 6
binuda 40
bovilla 12
cootei 28
coprina 4
dybasi 48
elongicera 1
hardyi 34
kuntzei 5
leucoptera 13
lineafrons 62
luteocera 3
masneri 7
mitis 6
nuda (group) 149
obliqua 2
paectamera 3
senaria 20
straminea 71
vockerothi 12
sp. 1277
Spelobia abundans 580
acadiensis 25
aciculata 54
algida 21
bifrons 400
bispina 39
brevipteryx 310
bumamma 500
cambrica 8
clunipes 3280
costalis 4
curvata 13
curvipecta 4
depilicercus 44
frustrilabris 29
fungivora 46
hirsuta 300
ibrida 1
lucifuga 13
luteilabris 1560
maculipennis 240
manicata 300
mexicana 350
multihama 4
nana 3
nigrifrons 9
nudiprocta 500
occidentalis 100
ochripes 180
ordinaria 200
ovata 13
palmata 5
pappi 26
pseudosetaria 12
pulliforma 175
quadrata 100
quinata 700
rimata 170
robinosoni 12
sejuncta 7
semioculata 400
simplicipes 1
tenebrarum 215
tuberculosa 92
tufta 54
sp. 1314
Rudolfina barberi 14
cavernicola 12
digita 44
enigmata 8
exuberata 200
fratercula 5
howdeni 45
megepandria 3
sororcula 160
sp. 3900
Spinilimosina brevicostata 164
pectinata 36
rufifrons 283
Xenolimosina phoba 4
sicula 64
sp. 4
Telomerina beringiensis 36
brevipexa 9
cana 6
chillcotti 7
deemingi 240
flavipes 591
longipexa 20
nana 8
orpha 3
pengellyi 96
pexa 400
pseudoleucoptera 6
racouitzai 20
schmitzi 408
smetanai 420
submerda 40
ursina 2
sp. 162
Sclerocoelus 1-group" 480
andensis 106
antillensis 1
brasilensis 100
caribensis 229
galapagensis 24
hemorrhoidalis 9
opa (group) 640
sordipes (group) 1000
spinisternum 1
sp. 3700
Mediospinosa sp. 86
Siphlopteryx antarctica 10
sp. 62
Archiceroptera venzolana 144
Minilimosina archboldi 14
bipara 16
brachyptera 4
contrasta 2
dissimilicosta 60
furculisterna 16
intercepta 41
niveipennis 5
pallicornis 2
spinifera 3
v-atrum 8
vitripennis 55
vixa 30
xestops 4
sp. 366
Pullimosina antennata 20
bruneilabrum 40
geminata 1
heteroneura 244
longicosta 218
mcalpinei 3
meijerei 14
moesta 40
nigrilabrum 3
petiloba 1
pullula 312
umphreyi 3
vockerothii 8
woodi 38
zayensis 256
Rachispoda aeditua 6
aequipilosa 4
alces 7
amarilla 6
aquila 3
atra 140
baezensis 5
barbata 25
bipilosa 94
breviseta 2
buvirilia 7
caesia 2
canadensis 56
carlottae 94
cesta 77
cryptistyla 27
divergens 250
forceps 21
forficula 22
frosti 3
fuscinervis 250
hesperia 6
hoplites 12
intonsa 6
justini 18
kaieteurana 6
latiforceps 30
laureata 6
limosa 300
luciana 11
luisi 2
luminosa 3
lutosa 28
m-nigrum 3
maculinea 3
megasterna 1
melanderi 19
merga 3
meringoterga 1
modesta 2
nesiotes 4
oreadis 80
pectinata 1
praealta 36
rhigosis 4
rhizophora 18
richardsi 70
schildi 6
spatulata 26
spuleri 100
striata 30
suberecta 40
subpiligera 200
subsolana 9
swanni 28
synoica 75
synoria 7
tenaculata 8
thermastris 3
trochanterata 1
urodela 25
vespertina 54
sp. 940
Palaecoprina argentinensis 3
columbiensis 6
disticha 98
equiseta 54
longinotum 8
pisinna 11
quadriseta 4
Paralimosina bracteata 6
brevis 10
fucata 2
japonica 63
sp. 52
Philocoprella  italica 4
Phthitia alexandri 15
antillensis 16
antipoda 7
bicalyx 18
cercipilis 12
charpetieri 7
digistylus 1
empirica 10
glabrescens 4
gonzalezi 6
levifrons 1
levigena 118
lineasterna 1
lobocercus 2
luteocercus 24
merida 126
miradorensis 2
notthomasi 30
obunca 6
occimosa 3
ovicercus 48
plumosula 52
quadricercus 22
selkirki 88
spinosa 3
thomasi 6
venosa 4
sp. 138
Poecilosomella angulata 540
capensis 128
giraffa 1
maxima 13
pallidimana 14
pectiniterga 4
punctipennis 48
sp. 2580
Pteremis fenestralis 24
wirthi 58
Pseudocollinella abhorrens 3
aquilifrons 14
arctopellucida 3
attractans 48
caelobata 5
charlottensis 2
flavilabris 2
humida 24
jorlii 43
parapellucida 2
parasciaspidis 8
pellucida 20
sciaspidus 6
septentrionalis 28
utapellucida 1
Limosina silvatica 44
Minilimosina accinta 3
albinervis 5
archboldi 13
baculum 12
bistylus 220
curvistylus 73
digitata 4
erecta 55
fungicola 187
gemella 90
intercepta 12
intermedia 13
lepida 5
longisternum 4
nasuta 110
parva 728
parvula 1025
priapisma 2
rotundipennis 82
sclerophallus 42
ternaria 103
trogeri 10
tuberculum 12
zeda 10
sp. 323
Puncticorpus cribratum 4
lusitanicum 1
Nearcticorpus canadense 400
pecki 10
Opalimosina calcarifera 3
mirabilis 880
pseudomirabilis 12
Gigalimosina flaviceps 3
Halidayina asymmetrica 41
exserta 261
spinipennis 345
sp. 276
Heriosina bequaerti 10
pollex 2
voluminosa 34
sp. 10
Lepidosina arg-1 1
brazil 14
ecu-2 21
gibba 56
inaequalis 18
penai 46
peru-1 3
peru-2 4
ven 41
Leptocera abdominiseta 8
boruvkai 2
caenosa 38
dyscola 2
finalis 183
lugubrina 2
modesta 4
nigra 5
olbiata 3
pararoralis 2630
salatigae 6
sterniloba 6
sp. 6200
Dahlimosina bladesi 5
dahli 371
darwini 3000
hirtsutiphallus 18
Druciatus angustus 1
campbelli 1
dissidens 2
latisternus 7
nigritarsus 19
ovatus 8
ovisternus 50
petilus 2
trisetus 28
sp. 25
Elachisoma atterimum 43
bejzae 1
pilosum 7
sp. 77
Bromeloecia seltzeri 191
tarsiglossa 51
winnemana 152
sp. 1900
Ceropterella sp. 4
Ceroptera longicauda 69
rubricornis 4
sivinskii 110
sp. 22
Chaetopodella scutellaris 100
Anatalanta aptera 28
Anomioptera bialba 8
cinqalba 11
picta 20
quadrialba 2
tresalba 2
Palaeoceroptera clefta 1
Apteromyia claviventris 230
newtoni 20
Aptilotus binotatus 29
borealis 90
concava 26
cruciatus 28
duplistylus 23
longinervis 4
luctuosus 29
luteoscapus 11
martini 74
nigrimera 4
nigriphallus 32
nigriscapus 25
parvipennis 39
politus 9
pulex 14
spatulatus 64
zumbadoi 11
Aptilotella sp. 34
Lymomyza archiptera 19
cavernicola 9
sharkeyi 1
venia 104
Archileptocera lutea 16
nigra 39
Biroina sp. 1580
Bitheca agarica 84
boleta 51
caballa 5
dispar 1
ejuncida 5
esmerelds 2
fundata 13
grossa 14
horrida 2
involuta 2
jubilata 8
kappa 5
lambda 6
ovata 1
steyskali 18
sp. 980
Archicollinella  caerulea 95
Caproica acutangula 518
bifurcata 3
cacti 61
coreana 10
dentata 1
digitata 14
ferruginata 283
floridensis 13
hirtula 140
hirtuloidea 52
homa 80
hurticula 200
lugubris 27
lunata 22
mitchelli 550
novacula 29
parva 46
pusio 4
quadrispina 4
rufifrons 28
setulosa 312
urbana 1680
vagans 320
sp. 4136
Opacifrons aequalis 18
bisecta 98
brevistylus 15
convexa 30
coxata 100
cubita 4
distorta 2
inornata 6
maculifrons 110
obunca 4
orbicularis 134
pavicula 8
pseudoimpudica 88
quadripennis 4
quarta 15
redunca 10
simplisterna 3
spatulata 10
triloba 4
Pterogramma adusta 80
ancora 12
aquatilis 232
atronarica 12
belizappa 19
costaphiletrix 46
dukeborini 100
flaviceps 18
gilviventra 182
inconspicua 1050
infernaceps 61
involucris 12
lobosterna 210
luridobregma 11
luxor 91
megacomplexa 23
meridionalis 20
morretensis 7
neurajama 76
nigritibialis 26
ochofrons 270
palliceps 550
poeciloptera 29
portala 28
pseudomonticola 67
robusta 4100
rutilans 140
sublugubrina 9
substriata 18
sylvicola 44
sp. 3850
Brachispoda sp. 86
Sphaerocerinae Afromyia flavimana 3
Sphaerocera curvipes 117
monilis 2
pseudomonillis 6
tuberculosa 19
Lotobia sp. 15
Parasphaerocera ampulla 1
andrassyi 3
chimborazo 2
facialis 1
melanofemorata 1
nigrifemur 22
striata 46
varipes 1
sp. 109
Mesosphaerocera annulicornis 204
facialis 107
sp. 96
Neosphaerocera boraceiensis 9
fenestrata 16
flavicoxa 29
fortunensis 6
guyanensis 3
meridensis 6
obscura 1
retrostenosa 56
similis 1
spinulosa 2
Ischiolepta barberi 9
intermedia 14
lama 10
micropyga 106
nitida 5
oedopoda 13
orientalis 6
pusilla 300
scabra 5
vaporariorum 37
sp. 188
Misc. 1738
TOTAL SPHAEROCERIDAE 96429

Comments to:  conodera@uoguelph.ca
Last updated: 21/xii/1998