Phthitia is a subgenus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.[4]

Phthitia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily: Limosininae
Genus: Phthitia
Enderlein, 1938[1]
Type species
Phthitia venosa
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Enderlein, Günther (1938). Skottsberg, C. (ed.). "60. Die Dipterenfauna der Juan-Fernandez-Inseln und der Oster-Insel". The natural history of Juan Fernández and Easter Island (Zool.) Uppsala. 3: 643–680.
  2. ^ Hackman, W. (1969). "A review of the zoogeography and classification of the Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Diptera)". Notulae Entomologicae. 49: 193–210.
  3. ^ a b Richards, O. W. (1951). "Brachypterous Sphaeroceridae". British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1934-1935. 2 (8): 829–851.
  4. ^ Rohček, Jindřich; Marshall, Stephen A.; Norrbom, Allen L.; Buck, Matthias; Quiros, Dora Isabel; Smith, Ian (2001). Rohček, Jindřich (ed.). World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava: Slezské Zemské Muzeum. pp. 1–414. ISBN 978-8086224213. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. ^ Richards, O. W. (1955). "Los insectos de las Islas Juan Fernández. 21. Sphaeroceridae (Diptera)". Revista Chilena de Entomología. 4: 73–93.
  6. ^ a b c d Marshall, Stephen A.; Smith, I. P. "A review of the Phthitia of the Juan Fernandez Islands, with descriptions of 4 new flightless species from Robinson Crusoe Island (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)". Acta Entomologica Chilena. 19: 31–50.