Phthitia (subgenus)

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

Phthitia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:	Limosininae
Genus:	Phthitia
Subgenus:	Phthitia Enderlein, 1938[1]
Type species
Phthitia venosa Enderlein, 1938[1]
Synonyms
Phtitia Hackman, 1969[2] Pterodrepana Enderlein, 1938[1] Aubertinia Richards, 1951[3]

Species

• P. alexandri Richards, 1955[5]
• P. charpentieri Marshall & Smith, 1995[6]
• P. cortesi Marshall & Smith, 1995[6]
• P. gonzalezi Marshall & Smith, 1995[6]
• P. miradorensis Marshall & Smith, 1995[6]
• P. sanctaehelenae (Richards, 1951)[3]
• P. selkirki (Enderlein, 1938)[1]
• P. venosa Enderlein, 1938[1]

References

1. 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. 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. Richards, O. W. (1955). "Los insectos de las Islas Juan Fernández. 21. Sphaeroceridae (Diptera)". Revista Chilena de Entomología. 4: 73–93.
6. 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.