Sphyracephala Say, 1828

Feijen, Hans R., Feijen, Frida A. A. & Feijen, Cobi, 2025, A revision of the four Afrotropical and Palaearctic Sphyracephala Say (Diptera, Diopsidae) with an illustrated overview of the other five Sphyracephala, ZooKeys 1241, pp. 1-81 : 1-81

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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1241.151490

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15635844

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scientific name

Sphyracephala Say, 1828
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Genus Sphyracephala Say, 1828 View in CoL

Sphyracephala Say, 1828: plate 52. Osten Sacken 1882: 234 (morphology, catalogue); Brunetti 1907: 163 (Oriental, clustering); Bezzi 1922: 69 (world catalogue); Sen 1921: 33 (Oriental, ecology); Curran 1928: 274 (Afrotropical); Collart 1954: 329 (Afrotropical); Hennig 1941 a: 59, 1941 b: 3 (Palaearctic, morphology), 1965: 54 (phylogeny); Séguy 1955: 1123 (Afrotropical); Descamps 1957: 19 (Afrotropical, biology); van Bruggen 1961: 425 (Afrotropical); Lavigne 1962: 5 (Nearctic, biology); Steyskal 1972: 13 (world catalogue), 1977: 35 (Oriental catalogue); Hochberg-Stasny 1985: 1 (Nearctic, biology); Peterson 1987: 785 (Nearctic, morphology); Feijen 1989: 66 (Nearctic and world, morphology); Papp et al. 1997: 137 (Palaearctic); Hilger 2000: 335 (Palaearctic, morphology); Meier and Hilger 2000: 6 (egg morphology); Meier and Baker 2002: 329 (phylogeny); O’Hara et al. 2011: 96, 191 (synonyms); Feijen et al. 2017: 76 (Arabian Peninsula, biogeography, clustering); Nartshuk 2017: 128 (Palaearctic); Feijen and Feijen 2019: 39 (Oriental); Jackson 2019: suppl. figs 1, 2 (phylogeny). View in CoL

Sphryracephala, Westwood 1848: 37, pl. 18 fig. 3. Portschinsky 1871: 287; Bigot 1874: 115; Sen 1921: 33. (Error for Sphyracephala). View in CoL

Hexechopsis Rondani, 1875: 442, type-species Diopsis beccarii Rondani, 1873, by original designation and monotypy. Osten Sacken 1882: 235; Brunetti 1907: 163; Eggers 1916: 27; 1925: 482; Bezzi 1922: 71 (as Hexecopsis); Shillito 1940: 148; Hennig 1941 b: 5; Séguy 1949: 74; van Bruggen 1961: 425; Steyskal 1972: 13; Cogan and Shillito 1980: 584; Feijen 1989: 66; Feijen et al. 2017: 76. View in CoL

Zygocephala Rondani, 1875: 443, type-species Diopsis hearseiana Westwood, 1845, by original designation and monotypy (as Diopsis hearsejana (Wiedemann )). Osten Sacken 1882: 235 (implicitly); Brunetti 1907: 163; Shillito 1940: 148; van Bruggen 1961: 425; Steyskal 1972: 13, 1977: 35; Feijen 1989: 66; Feijen and Feijen 2019: 40. View in CoL

Pseudodiopsis Hendel, 1917: 33, type-species Sphyracephala cothurnata Bigot, 1874, by original designation and monotypy. Malloch 1938: 437; Shillito 1940: 150; Hennig 1965: 62 (in Diopsini); Steyskal 1972: 12 (in Sphyracephalini); Feijen 1989: 66 (as synonym of Sphyracephala); Burkhardt and de la Motte 1996: 173; Baker 1999: 24, figs 1, 2 (as synonym); Meier and Hilger 2000: 32 (as synonym); Baker et al. 2001: 93, fig. 1; Andersen 2001: 138; Meier and Baker 2002: 334; Jackson 2019: suppl. fig. 1. View in CoL

Sphyrocephala [sic]: Curran 1934: 358. Flint 1956: 44; Stone 1980: 17.

Microdiopsis Curran, 1934: 359, type-species Sphyracephala cothurnata Bigot, 1874, by original designation and monotypy. Curran 1934: 495 (in the corrections); Malloch 1938: 437; Shillito 1940: 148; Steyskal 1972: 12; Arnaud and Owen 1981: 144. View in CoL

Sphracephala [sic]: Nayar and Tandon 1962 a: 113, 1962 b: 132, 1963: 1; Singh et al. 1962: 79.

Type species.

Diopsis brevicornis Say, 1817: 23 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Key to the Sphyracephala

Although this revision concentrates on the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Sphyracephala , the key covers all described species. It should be stressed that in the Oriental and Australasian Regions some species remain to be described. Sphyracephala detrahens and S. bipunctipennis also need to be redescribed, so couplet 8 will then be updated and extended.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Diopsidae

Loc

Sphyracephala Say, 1828

Feijen, Hans R., Feijen, Frida A. A. & Feijen, Cobi 2025
2025
Loc

Sphyrocephala

Stone A 1980: 17
Flint OS 1956: 44
Curran CH 1934: 358
1934
Loc

Microdiopsis

Arnaud PH & Owen TC 1981: 144
Steyskal G 1972: 12
Shillito JF 1940: 148
Malloch JR 1938: 437
Curran CH 1934: 359
Curran CH 1934: 495
Bigot, 1874
1934
Loc

Pseudodiopsis

Meier R & Baker RH 2002: 334
Baker RH & Wilkinson GS & DeSalle R 2001: 93
Andersen NM 2001: 138
Meier R & Hilger S 2000: 32
Baker RH 1999: 24
Burkhardt D & de la Motte I 1996: 173
Feijen HR 1989: 66
Steyskal G 1972: 12
Hennig W 1965: 62
Shillito JF 1940: 150
Malloch JR 1938: 437
Hendel F 1917: 33
Bigot, 1874
Jackson 2019
1917
Loc

Sphyracephala

Feijen HR & Feijen C 2019: 39
Feijen HR & Martin R & Feijen C 2017: 76
Nartshuk EP 2017: 128
O’Hara JE & Cerretti P & Pape T & Evenhuis NL 2011: 96
Meier R & Baker RH 2002: 329
Hilger S 2000: 335
Meier R & Hilger S 2000: 6
Papp L & Földvári M & Paulovics P 1997: 137
Feijen HR 1989: 66
Peterson BV 1987: 785
Hochberg-Stasny TA 1985: 1
Steyskal G 1972: 13
Lavigne R 1962: 5
van Bruggen AC 1961: 425
Descamps M 1957: 19
Séguy E 1955: 1123
Collart A 1954: 329
Curran CH 1928: 274
Bezzi M 1922: 69
Sen SK 1921: 33
Brunetti E 1907: 163
Osten Sacken CR 1882: 234
Sphyracephala Say, 1828 : plate 52. Osten Sacken 1882: 234 (morphology, catalogue); Brunetti 1907: 163 (Oriental, clustering); Bezzi 1922: 69 (world catalogue); Sen 1921: 33 (Oriental, ecology); Curran 1928: 274 (Afrotropical); Collart 1954: 329 (Afrotropical); Hennig 1941 a : 59 , 1941 b : 3 (Palaearctic, morphology), 1965: 54 (phylogeny); Séguy 1955: 1123 (Afrotropical); Descamps 1957: 19 (Afrotropical, biology); van Bruggen 1961: 425 (Afrotropical); Lavigne 1962: 5 (Nearctic, biology); Steyskal 1972: 13 (world catalogue), 1977: 35 (Oriental catalogue); Hochberg-Stasny 1985: 1 (Nearctic, biology); Peterson 1987: 785 (Nearctic, morphology); Feijen 1989: 66 (Nearctic and world, morphology); Papp et al. 1997: 137 (Palaearctic); Hilger 2000: 335 (Palaearctic, morphology); Meier and Hilger 2000: 6 (egg morphology); Meier and Baker 2002: 329 (phylogeny); O’Hara et al. 2011: 96 , 191 (synonyms); Feijen et al. 2017: 76 (Arabian Peninsula, biogeography, clustering); Nartshuk 2017: 128 (Palaearctic); Feijen and Feijen 2019: 39 (Oriental); Jackson 2019 : suppl. figs 1, 2 (phylogeny).
Hennig W : 59
Hennig W : 3
Jackson 2019
1882
Loc

Hexechopsis

Feijen HR & Martin R & Feijen C 2017: 76
Feijen HR 1989: 66
Cogan BH & Shillito JF 1980: 584
Steyskal G 1972: 13
van Bruggen AC 1961: 425
Séguy E 1949: 74
Shillito JF 1940: 148
Eggers F 1925: 482
Bezzi M 1922: 71
Eggers FO 1916: 27
Brunetti E 1907: 163
Osten Sacken CR 1882: 235
Rondani C 1875: 442
Rondani, 1873
Hennig W : 5
Hennig 1941 b
1875
Loc

Zygocephala

Feijen HR & Feijen C 2019: 40
Feijen HR 1989: 66
Steyskal G 1977: 35
Steyskal G 1972: 13
van Bruggen AC 1961: 425
Shillito JF 1940: 148
Brunetti E 1907: 163
Osten Sacken CR 1882: 235
Rondani C 1875: 443
Westwood, 1845
1875
Loc

Sphryracephala, Westwood 1848: 37 , pl. 18 fig. 3. Portschinsky 1871: 287 ; Bigot 1874: 115 ; Sen 1921: 33 . (Error for Sphyracephala ).

Sen SK 1921: 33
Bigot JM 1874: 115
Portschinsky J 1871: 287
Westwood JO 1848: 37
1848
Loc

Diopsis brevicornis

Say T 1817: 23
1817