Family Sphaeroceridae Macquart 1835 (lesser dung fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Sphaeroceridae
Parent taxon: Schizophora according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Evenhuis 1994
Sister taxa: Acalyptratae, Acartophthalmidae, Agromyzidae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Calyptratae, Carnidae, Chloropidae, Clusiidae, Cretaphormia, Ephydroidea, Hoffeinsia, Hoffeinsmyiidae, Lauxanioidea, Milichiidae, Neurochaetidae, Odiniidae, Opomyzidae, Periscelididae, Poliomyia, Sciomyzoidea, Sepsidae, Tephritoidea, Yantaromyiidae
Subtaxa: Copromyzinae Limosininae Sphaerocerinae
Type: Sphaerocera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Wisconsin collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 2 collections including 7 occurrences