Sphaeniscus

Sphaeniscus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.^[5]

Sphaeniscus
A specimen from Zimbabwe
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephrellini
Genus:	Sphaeniscus Becker, 1908[1]
Type species
Sphaeniscus brevicauda Becker, 1908[1]
Synonyms
Pseudopheniscus Hendel, 1913[2] Pseudospheniscus Hendel, 1914[3] Pseuopspheniscus Shinji, 1939[4] Spheniscomyia Bezzi, 1913[2] Spheniscus Bezzi, 1913[2]

Species

• Sphaeniscus atilius (Walker, 1849)^[6]
• Sphaeniscus binoculatus (Bezzi, 1928)^[7]
• Sphaeniscus filiolus (Loew, 1869)^[8]
• Sphaeniscus lindbergi Hering, 1958^[9]
• Sphaeniscus melanotrichotus Hering, 1956^[10]
• Sphaeniscus quadrincisus (Wiedemann, 1824)^[11]
• Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus (Macquart, 1843)^[12]
• Sphaeniscus trifasciatus Korneyev & Dirlbek, 2000^[13]