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Coproica Rondani, 1861

Marshall, Stephen A., Roháček, Jindřich, Dong, Hui & Buck, Matthias, 2011, The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000 - 2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 217-298 : 238-241

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 Coproica Rondani, 1861
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Genus Coproica Rondani, 1861

Coproica Rondani, 1861 . – PAPP (2008c): 3 –44 [Old World species, key, illustr.].

Coproica acutangula (Zetterstedt, 1847) . Distr.: Afrotropical: Zaire; Australasian / Oceanian: Hawaii ( USA); Nearctic: Canada (AB, AT, BC, MB, ON, QC), USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, NJ, MD, MN, NM, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY); Neotropical: Bermuda, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico (BCS, CHU, COA, DUR, JAL, MEX, MOR, NAY, VRC), Puerto Rico, Venezuela; Oriental: Japan (Okinawa), Pakistan, Taiwan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Latvia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (CET, FE, NET, SET, WS), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan.

Coproica acutangula . – ROHÁČEK (2007a): 114 [deleted record from Madeira ( Portugal)].

Coproica albiseta Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa.

Coproica albiseta Papp, 2008c: 6 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Republic of South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica aliena Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Oriental: Thailand.

Coproica aliena Papp, 2008c: 40 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Thailand, Mae Taeng Elephant Camp, 50 km N of Chiang Mai. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica bispinosa Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Oriental: Nepal, Thailand.

Coproica bispinosa Papp, 2008c: 32 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Nepal, Royal Chitwan National Park, Bandar. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica brevivenosa Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Nigeria, Tanzania, Zanzibar.

Coproica brevivenosa Papp, 2008c: 42 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Nigeria,Yangukari Reserve, Wikki. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica demeteri Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Tanzania, Nigeria.

Coproica demeteri Papp, 2008c: 8 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Nigeria, Yangukari Reserve, Wikki. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica digitata (Duda, 1918) . Distr.: Oriental: Pakistan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Kirghizia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Coproica digitata . – ROHÁČEK et al. (2003): 56 [new record from Canary Is.]; GATT (2007): 300 [new records from Lebanon, Morocco]; GATT (2006c): 67 [new record from Italy incl. Sardinia].

Coproica ferruginata (Stenhammar, 1855) . Distr.: Afrotropical: Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zaire; Australasian / Oceanian:

Australia (ACT, NSW, NT, QLD), Fiji, Guam ( USA), Hawaii ( USA), New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tonga; Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC), USA (AR, CA, DC, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NY, OH, PA, SC, SD, TN, WA, WI, WV); Neotropical: Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Honduras, Mexico (CHI, NAY), St. Kitts, Surinam; Oriental: China (HKG, XZ), India (Uttaranchal), Indonesia (Flores, Sumbawa), Japan (Okinawa), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), China (BEI, TIB), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (CET, NET), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.

Coproica ferruginata . – NASH (1989): 152 [new record from Ireland]; GATT (2007): 300 [new records from Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey]; GATT (2008): 698 [new record from United Arab Emirates]; PAPP et al. (2006): 222 [new record from Thailand].

Coproica flavifacies Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Tanzania.

Coproica flavifacies Papp, 2008c: 13 [male, illustr.]. Type locality: Tanzania, Meru. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica ghanensis Papp, 1979 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Ghana, Nigeria, Zanzibar.

Coproica ghanensis . – PAPP (2008c): 29 [males, new records from Zanzibar, Nigeria].

Coproica hirticula Collin, 1956 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa; Australasian / Oceanian: Australia (ACT, NSW, QLD), New Zealand; Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, NB, ON), USA (AK, AZ, CA, FL, IN, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NM, OK, SC, TN, UT, WY); Neotropical: Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico (HID); Oriental: China (HKG), Taiwan; Palaearctic: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates.

Coproica hirticula . – ROHÁČEK et al. (2003): 56 [new record from Canary Is.]; ROHÁČEK (2004b): 252 [new record from Cyprus]; GATT (2007): 300 [new record from mainland Greece]; WITHERS (2007): 147 [new record from France]; GATT (2008): 698 [new record from United Arab Emirates]; ROHÁČEK (2007a): 104 [new record from Madeira ( Portugal)]; PAPP (2008d): 225 [new record from South Africa].

Coproica hirtucula . – KARPA (2008): 27 [misspelling, record from Latvia].

Coproica hirtula (Rondani, 1880) . Distr.: Afrotropical: Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Yemen, Zaire; Australasian / Oceanian: Bonin Is. ( Japan), Guam ( USA), Hawaii ( USA), Kiribati (Onotoa Atoll), Marshall Is., Micronesia (Kapingamarangi Atoll, Satawal I., Yap Is.), New Zealand, Northern Mariana Is. (Saipan), Papua New Guinea, Palau, Pitcairn Is.; Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, NB, ON, QC), USA (AR, AZ, FL, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MI, MN, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, UT, WA, WY); Neotropical: Chile (other records: Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia, Galápagos Is. and Mexico are misidentifications of C. rufifrons ); Oriental: China (HKG), India, Japan (Okinawa), Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Thíra), Hungary, Italy, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (CET), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan,; South Atlantic: Saint Helena.

Coproica hirtula . – ROHÁČEK et al. (2003): 56 [new record from Canary Is.]; ROHÁČEK (2004b): 252 [new record from Cyprus]; GATT (2008): 698 [new record from United Arab Emirates]; PAPP (2008d): 225 [new record from South Africa].

Coproica lacteipennis Hayashi, 2005 . Distr.: Oriental: India, Japan (Okinawa).

Coproica lacteipennis Hayashi, 2005a: 208 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Japan, Okinawa Pref., Iriomote, I., Uehara. HT male (NIID). – PAPP (2008c): 21 [new record from India].

Coproica lugubris (Haliday, 1835) . Distr.: Australasian / Oceanian: Papua New Guinea; Oriental: China (HKG), India (Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan, Taiwan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy (incl. Pantelleria I., Sardinia), Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madeira ( Portugal), Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (CET, FE, NET, SET), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia.

Coproica lugubris . – GATT (2007): 301 [new records from Lebanon, mainland Greece, Morocco]; ROHÁČEK (2007a): 104 [new record from Madeira ( Portugal)]; CARLES- TOLRÁ & ROSADO (2009): 346 [new record from Portugal].

Coproica microps Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Guinea.

Coproica microps Papp, 2008c: 22 [unique female, illustr.]. Type locality: Guinea, Coyah. HT female (HNHM).

Coproica perlugubri s Papp, 2008. Distr.: Afrotropical: Ethiopia, South Africa.

Coproica perlugubris Papp, 2008c: 37 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Republic of South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., Shamwari Game Reserve. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica pseudolacteipennis Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa.

Coproica pseudolacteipennis Papp, 2008c: 24 [males, illustr.]. Type locality: Republic of South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., Shamwari Game Reserve. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica pappi Carles-Tolrá, 1990 . Distr.: Palaearctic: Hungary, Slovakia, Spain.

Coproica pappi . – ROHÁČEK (2009a): 263 [new record from Slovakia].

Coproica pusio (Zetterstedt, 1847) . Distr.: Afrotropical: all records are doubtful; Oriental: Pakistan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Mongolia, Russia (NET, ES, SET), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

Coproica pusio . – DUMČIUS & PAKALNIŠKIS (2006): 57 [new record from Lithuania].

Coproica rohaceki Carles-Tolrá, 1990 . Distr.: Oriental: Japan (Okinawa), Taiwan; Palaearctic: Andorra, Canary Is. ( Spain), Cyprus, Italy, Japan, Malta, Norway, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.).

Coproica rohaceki . – ROHÁČEK (2004b): 252 [new record from Cyprus]; HAYASHI (2007a): 105 [new record from Taiwan]; CARLES- TOLRÁ (2010b): 202 [new record from Andorra].

Coproica rufifrons Hayashi, 1991 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Yemen; Australasian / Oceanian: American Samoa, Australia (QLD), Cook Is., Fiji, French Polynesia (Tahiti), Kiribati, Marshall Is., Micronesia (Kapingamarangi, Satawa; I., Yap Is.), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is., Tonga, Vanuatu, Western Samoa; Nearctic: USA (FL); Neotropical: Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil,? Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos Is. ( Ecuador), Grenada,? Mexico, St. Kitts; Oriental: China (HKG), Japan (Okinawa), Pakistan, Taiwan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Canary Is. ( Spain), China (BEI), Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Greece (Crete), Italy, Japan, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates.

Coproica rufifrons . – HAYASHI (2001): 253 [new records from American Samoa, Australia (QLD), Cook Is., Fiji, French Polynesia (Tahiti), Kiribati, Marshall Is., Micronesia (Kapingamarangi, Satawa; I., Yap Is.), Palau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Western Samoa]; ROHÁČEK et al. (2003): 56 [new record from Canary Is.]; GATT (2004):110 [new record from Malta]; GATT (2007): 301 [new records from Greece (Crete), Tunisia]; GATT (2006c): 67 [new record from Italy]; GADALLAH & BOSLY (2006):346 [new record from Saudi Arabia]; ROHÁČEK (2007a): 104 [new record from Madeira ( Portugal)]; GATT (2008): 700 [new record from United Arab Emirates]; PAPP (2008c): 21 [new records from Afghanistan, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Yemen].

Coproica saprophaga Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Oriental: Thailand, Vietnam.

Coproica saprophaga Papp, 2008c: 25 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Thailand, Thung Khai Botanical Gardens. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica serra (Richards, 1938) . Distr.: Arotropical: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda.

Coproica serra . – PAPP (2008d): 225 [new record from South Africa].

Coproica thaii Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Oriental: Thailand.

Coproica thaii Papp, 2008c: 17 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Thailand, Mae Fang N.P. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica unispinosa Papp, 2008 . Distr.: Oriental: Thailand, Vietnam, India; Palaearctic: China (BEI).

Coproica unispinosa Papp, 2008c: 34 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Thailand, Mae Taeng Elephant Camp, 50 km N of Chiang Mai. HT male (HNHM).

Coproica vagans (Haliday, 1833) . Distr.: Afrotropical: Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zaire; Australasian / Oceanian: Australia (QLD), Guam ( USA), Hawaii ( USA); Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, NS), USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, ID, MI, MO, NJ, NM, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY); Neotropical: Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico ( MEX); Oriental: Japan (Okinawa), Taiwan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaidjan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete, Thíra), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Japan, Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (CET, NET, SET), Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates; South Atlantic: Saint Helena.

Coproica vagans . – ROHÁČEK (2007a): 116 [deleted records from Madeira ( Portugal)]; GATT (2006c): 68 [new record from Sicily]; GADALLAH & BOSLY (2006): 347 [new record from Saudi Arabia]; GATT (2008): 700 [new record from United Arab Emirates].

DUMCIUS O. & PAKALNISKIS S. 2006: A contribution to the list of Lithuanian dipteran fauna. New and Rare for Lithuania Insect Species. Records and Descriptions 17: 50 - 58.

GADALLAH N. S. & BOSLY H. A. 2006: Diptera associated with camels in the Jeddah region, western Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Arabia 21: 339 - 350.

GATT P. 2004: Additional records of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Malta and Cyprus, with distributional and biological notes. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 109: 109 - 118.

GATT P. 2006 c: New distributional data on the Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) of Italy with three additions to the Italian list. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 79: 65 - 73.

GATT P. 2007: New records of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the Mediterranean, with distributional notes. Studia Dipterologica 13 (2006): 297 - 308.

GATT P. 2008: Order Diptera, family Sphaeroceridae. Pp. 696 - 703. In: HARTEN A. VAN (ed.): Arthropod fauna of the UAE, Vol. 1. Dar Al Ummah Printing, Publishing, Distribution & Advertising, Abu Dhabi, 754 pp.

HAYASHI T. 2001: Distributional notes on Coproica rufifrons Hayashi (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) in the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Medical Entomology and Zoology 52: 253 - 254.

HAYASHI T. 2005 a: The genus Coproica Rondani (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Medical Entomology and Zoology 56: 207 - 210.

HAYASHI T. 2007 a: A new record of Coproica rohaceki Carles-Tolra (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from Taiwan. Medical Entomology and Zoology 58: 105 - 106.

KARPA A. 2008: Catalogue of Latvian flies (Diptera: Brachycera). Latvijas Entomologs 46: 4 - 43.

NASH R. 1989: Diptera new to Ireland (Tipulidae, Empididae, Sphaeroceridae, Chloropidae). Irish Naturalists' Journal 20: 151 - 152.

PAPP L., MERZ B. & FOLDVARI M. 2006: Diptera of Thailand. A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52: 97 - 269.

PAPP L. 2008 c: A review of the Old World Coproica Rondani, 1861 (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae), with descriptions of twelve new species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54 (supplement 2): 1 - 45.

PAPP L. 2008 d: Will the elephant dung flies go extinct after the elephants disappear? Folia Entomologica Hungarica 69: 221 - 228.

ROHACEK J. 2004 b: New records of Clusiidae, Anthomyzidae and Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Cyprus, with distributional and taxonomic notes. In: KUBIK S. & BARTAK M. (eds.): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca 11. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 109: 247 - 264.

ROHACEK J. 2007 a: The Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) of Madeira, with notes on their biogeography. Casopis Slezskeho Zemskeho Muzea Opava (A) 56: 97 - 122.

ROHACEK J. 2009 a: Sphaeroceridae. Pp. 260 - 271. In: ROHACEK J. & SEVCIK J. (eds.): Diptera of the Polana Protected Landscape Area - Biosphere Reserve (Central Slovakia). SNC SR, Administration of the PLA - BR Polana, Zvolen, 340 pp.

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sphaeroceridae

Specimens