Philocoprella
{{short description|Genus of flies}}
{{Taxobox
| image =
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Diptera
| familia = Sphaeroceridae
| subfamilia = Limosininae
| genus = Philocoprella
| genus_authority = Richards, 1929{{cite journal |last1=Richards |first1=O. W. |title=Systematic notes on the Borboridae (Diptera) with description of new species of Leptocera (Limosina) |journal=The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine |date=1929 |volume=65 |pages=171–176}}
| synonyms =
| type_species = Leptocera (Philocoprella) arvernica
| type_species_authority = Richards, 1929
}}
Philocoprella is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.{{cite book |last1=Rohček |first1=Jindřich |last2=Marshall |first2=Stephen A. |last3=Norrbom |first3=Allen L. |last4=Buck |first4=Matthias |last5=Quiros |first5=Dora Isabel |last6=Smith |first6=Ian |editor1-last=Rohček |editor1-first=Jindřich |title=World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) |date=2001 |publisher=Slezské Zemské Muzeum |location=Opava |isbn=978-8086224213 |pages=1–414 |url=http://www.uoguelph.ca/debu/catalog.htm |accessdate=3 September 2017}}
Species
- P. arvernica (Richards, 1929)
- P. italica (Deeming, 1964){{cite journal |last1=Deeming |first1=J. C |title=A new species of Leptocera Olivier (Philocoprella Richards) from Italy (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B |date=1964 |volume=33 |pages=145–146}}
- P. mongolica Papp, 1973{{cite journal |last1=Papp |first1=László |title=Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Mongolia |journal=Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |date=1973 |volume=19 |pages=369–425}}
- P. quadrispina (Laurence, 1952){{cite journal |last1=Laurence |first1=B. R. |title=Two coprophilous Diptera (Borboridae and Sepsidae) new to Britain |journal=The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine |date=1952 |volume=88 |pages=81–82}}
- P. rectiradiata Papp, 1973
References
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Further reading
- Laurence, B. R. 1952. Two coprophilous Diptera (Borboridae and Sepsidae) new to Britain. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 88: 81-82
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