Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Brachycera > Infraorder Muscomorpha > Section Schizophora > Subsection Acalyptrata > Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea

Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Copromyzinae
Limosininae
Sphaerocerinae

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: drekvliegen

English: lesser dung flies sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ハヤトビバエ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: springfluer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: springfluger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: hoppflugor

Literature

original description	Macquart, J. (1835). Histoire naturelle des insectes : Diptères / par M. Macquart.
basis of record	Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 70: 338pp.