Lotophila Lioy, 1864

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 : 228

Genus Lotophila Lioy, 1864

Lotophila Lioy, 1864 . – HAYASHI (2003): 367 –370 [diagnosis, taxonomy, key, illustr.].

Lotophila atra (Meigen, 1830) . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), USA (AR, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY); Oriental: China (SIC), Pakistan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), China (HEB, TIB), Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Faeroe Is. ( Denmark), Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Israel, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (CET, ES, FE, NET, WS), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Lotophila atra . – GATT (2007): 300 [new record from Lebanon]; CARLES- TOLRÁ (2001a): 97 [new record from Portugal].

Lotophila nepalensis Hayashi, 1991 . Distr.: Oriental: Nepal, Thailand.

Lotophila nepalensis . – HAYASHI (2003): 368 [taxonomic notes, key, new record from Thailand].

Lotophila vietnamica Hayashi, 2003 . Distr.: Oriental: Vietnam.

Lotophila vietnamica Hayashi, 2003: 368 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Vietnam, Vinh Phu Prov., Tam Dao [930–1,230 m]. HT male (NIID).