Genus Sphaeniscus Becker, 1908

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphaeniscus Becker, T. 1908. Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 4: 1-180 [138].

  Type species:

   Sphaeniscus brevicauda Becker, 1908 by monotypy.
• Spheniscomyia Bezzi, M. 1913. Indian trypaneids (fruit-flies) in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 3: 53-175 [146] [unjustified nom. nov. for Sphaeniscus Becker, 1908].
• Spheniscus Bezzi, M. 1913. Indian trypaneids (fruit-flies) in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 3: 53-175 [146] [unjustified emendation of Sphaeniscus Becker, 1908; junior homonym of Spheniscus Brisson, 1760].
• Pseudopheniscus Hendel, F. 1913. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Acalypterate Musciden (Dipt.) II. Supplementa Entomologica 2: 77-112 [82].

  Type species:

   Urophora sexmaculata Macquart, 1843 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

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