Discocerina

Discocerina is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. There are at least 30 described species in Discocerina.[1][2][3][4]

Discocerina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ephydridae
Subfamily:	Gymnomyzinae
Genus:	Discocerina Macquart, 1835

Species

These 34 species belong to the genus Discocerina:

• D. aracataca Cresson, 1940 ^{c g}
• D. atrifacies Malloch, 1934 ^{c g}
• D. avanae Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2010 ^{c g}
• D. balsamae (Cresson, 1930) ^{c g}
• D. biseta Meijere, 1916 ^{c g}
• D. bisetulosa (Cresson, 1939) ^{c g}
• D. brunneonitens Cresson, 1940 ^{i c g}
• D. buccatum (Cresson, 1930) ^c
• D. chalybea Hendel, 1930 ^{c g}
• D. communis Malloch, 1934 ^{c g}
• D. delmarva Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2010 ^{c g}
• D. flavifrons Hendel, 1930 ^{c g}
• D. flavipes Cresson, 1941 ^{i c g}
• D. fumipennis Wirth, 1955 ^{c g}
• D. hendeli Wirth, 1968 ^{c g}
• D. juniori Mathis, 1997 ^{c g}
• D. laevior (Cresson, 1934) ^{c g}
• D. mauritanica Vitte, 1991 ^{c g}
• D. mera Cresson, 1939 ⁱ
• D. nadineae (Cresson, 1925) ^{i c g}
• D. nana Williston, 1896 ^{c g}
• D. nepos Cresson, 1918 ^{c g}
• D. nitida Cresson, 1918 ^{c g}
• D. obscura Williston, 1896 ^{i c g}
• D. obscurella (Fallén, 1813) ^{i c g b}
• D. painteri (Cresson, 1930) ^c
• D. peculiaris Miyagi, 1977 ^{c g}
• D. polita (Edwards, 1933) ^{c g}
• D. puella (Cresson, 1931) ^{c g}
• D. sana Cresson, 1931 ^{c g}
• D. trilineata Cresson, 1918 ^{c g}
• D. trochanterata Cresson, 1940 ^{i c g}
• D. turgidula Cresson, 1940 ^{i c g}
• D. univittata Cresson, 1946 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Discocerina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Browse Discocerina". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Discocerina". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Discocerina Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

• Media related to Discocerina at Wikimedia Commons