Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog -- Web Version

The family Scenopinidae is distributed worldwide and currently includes nearly 400 described species. The Australasian/Oceanian fauna contains 86 species, mostly from Australia. Six of the 17 known genera are found in the Australasian/Oceanian Regions, including 2 worldwide genera (Scenopinus, Metatrichia) and 4 genera endemic to Australia (Neopseudatrichia, Paramonova, Paratrichia, Riekiella).

Most of the species represented have a rather limited distributional pattern restricted at or near the type locality. However, there are 4 species with wide distributions undoubtedly associated with the movement of trade goods (Scenopinus fenestralis and S. glabifrons are cosmopolitan, S. lucidus is from Egypt, Nigeria, and the Hawaiian Islands, and S. papuanus is from Hawaii, Taiwan, New Guinea, and Sri Lanka).

Very little is known of the larval biology except that they seem to be predators of other insects. Larvae have been found associated with stored-grain pests, in nests of birds and rodents, in burrows of beetle larvae attacking a rather wide range of trees and shrubs, and in soil in association with therevid larvae, which they closely resemble.

Adults are taken in the field by sweeping flowers with open nectaries that are accessible to the sponging mouthparts of the adult. In buildings they are taken at windows, giving rise to the common name "window flies" for species of this family.
Refs.: Kelsey (1969, 1970a,b, 1987, rev., keys), Paramonov (1955g, syst., biol.), Krivosheina (1980, biol.).

METATRICHIA Coquillett, 1900d: 500. Type species: Scenopinus bulbosa Osten Sacken, 1877, orig. des.
dhimurru Winterton & Woodley, 2009: 43. Australia (NT).
papuana Kelsey, 1970a: 44. PNG (PNG).
waterhousei Paramonov, 1955g: 640 (Pseudomphrale). Australia (NSW).

NEOPSEUDATRICHIA Kelsey, 1969: 299. Type species: Neopseudatrichia kewi Kelsey, 1969, orig. des.
canei Kelsey, 1969: 200. Australia (SA).
     mariaensis, Paramonov, 1955, not Hardy, 1933, misid.
inglewoodi Kelsey, 1970b: 141. Australia (Qld).
kewi Kelsey, 1969: 300. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW).
mariaensis Hardy, 1933b: 419 (Pseudatrichia). Australia (Tas).
monteithi Kelsey, 1970b: 144. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).

PARAMONOVA Kelsey, 1970b: 125. Type species: Riekiella quadrifida Kelsey, 1969, orig. des.
arila Kelsey, 1987: 10. Australia (WA).
brevipalpa Kelsey, 1970b: 127. Australia (NSW).
bungabandii Kelsey, 1975: 205. Australia (WA).
burrijunana Kelsey, 1987: 11. Australia (WA).
bushi Kelsey, 1971: 203. Australia (WA).
collessi Kelsey, 1969: 307 (Riekiella). Australia (NSW).
complexa Kelsey, 1969: 309 (Riekiella). Australia (ACT).
dycei Kelsey, 1969: 310 (Riekiella). Australia (NSW).
emarginata Kelsey, 1970b: 129. Australia (WA).
fonsamniculi Kelsey, 1980: 9. Australia (NSW).
hamata Kelsey, 1980: 10. Australia (NSW).
mangara Kelsey, 1987: 12. Australia (WA)
poocheriana Kelsey, 1987: 13. Australia (SA).
quadrifida Kelsey, 1969: 313 (Riekiella). Australia (Qld).
taylori Kelsey, 1969: 315 (Riekiella). Australia (Vic).
uncata Kelsey, 1969: 315 (Riekiella). Australia (NSW).
zentae Kelsey, 1975: 207. Australia (SA).

PARATRICHIA Kelsey, 1969: 320. Type species: Paratrichia lobosa Kelsey, 1969, orig. des.
lobosa Kelsey, 1969: 320. Australia (ACT).
spicata Kelsey, 1975: 208. Australia (WA).
westralica Paramonov, 1955g: 641 (Pseudomphrale). Australia (WA).

RIEKIELLA Paramonov, 1955g: 652. Type species: Riekiella bicornis Paramonov, 1955, orig. des.
arilaringa Kelsey, 1987: 16. Australia (WA)
arnhemi Kelsey, 1975: 210. Australia (NT).
bicornis Paramonov, 1955g: 653. Australia (Qld).
binnaliweanda Kelsey, 1987: 18. Australia (WA).
bolgarti Kelsey, 1969: 55 (Scenopinus). Australia (WA).
burririmbija Kelsey, 1987: 19. Australia (NT).
cetrata Kelsey, 1971: 196. Australia (NT).
cornuta Kelsey, 1971: 197. Australia (NT).
culbara Kelsey, 1987: 20. Australia (NT).
cuspidata Kelsey, 1971: 198. Australia (Qld).
denticulata Kelsey, 1971: 200. Australia (NT).
kilyalpa Kelsey, 1987: 21. Australia (WA).
longitermina Kelsey, 1975: 211. Australia (WA).
longiventris Kelsey, 1969: 312. Australia (WA).
malkana Kelsey, 1987: 22. Australia (WA).
maloga Kelsey, 1987: 23. Australia (WA).
murilla Kelsey, 1987: 24. Australia (WA).
nancyae Kelsey, 1987: 25. Australia (WA).
nicholsi Kelsey, 1971: 200. Australia (NT).
noona Kelsey, 1987: 27. Australia (WA).
rossi Kelsey, 1970: 123. Australia (WA).
rupari Kelsey, 1987: 27. Australia (WA).
tamala Kelsey, 1987: 29. Australia (WA).
woodwardi Kelsey, 1971: 201. Australia (NT).
yoota Kelsey, 1987: 30. Australia (WA).

OMPHRALE Meigen, 1800: 29. Suppressed by I.C.Z.N., 1963b: 339.
SCENOPINUS Latreille, 1802: 463. Type species: Musca fenestralis Linnaeus, 1758, mon.
SCENOPOEUS Agassiz, 1846b: 333 (unjust. emend. of Scenopinus Latreille).
LUCIDOMPHRALE Kröber, 1937: 219. Type species: Scenopinus lucida Becker, 1902, orig. des.
PAROMPHRALE Kröber, 1937: 222. Type species: Scenopinus glabrifrons Meigen, 1824, orig. des.
SCENOPINULA Paramonov, 1955g: 651. Type species: Scenopinula pallidipennis Paramonov, 1955, mon.
SCAENOPIUS, error for Scenopinus.
adventicius Hardy, 1960: 329. Hawaiian Is.
adyeri Kelsey, 1987: 4. Australia (WA).
arrectus Kelsey, 1975: 198. Australia (WA)
ascensus Kelsey, 1987: 6. Australia (Qld).
bicuspis Kelsey, 1971: 185. Australia (NT).
biroi Kertész, 1899b: 173. PNG (PNG); Australia (NSW, Qld).
brittoni Kelsey, 1970: 111. Australia (WA).
casuarinus Kelsey, 1975: 200. Australia (NT).
cristafrons Kelsey, 1971: 186. Australia (NT).
darwini Kelsey, 1969: 64. Australia (NT).
dilkera Kelsey, 1987: 7. Australia (WA).
downsi Kelsey, 1971: 187 Australia (NT).
erugatus Kelsey, 1975: 201. Australia (WA).
fenestralis Linnaeus, 1758: 597 (Musca). "Europa"; Australia (Qld); cosmopol.
     perkinsi, Paramonov, 1955, not Hardy, 1942, misid.
fijianus KrLber, 1939a: 399 (Omphrale). Fiji.
fragosifrons Kelsey, 1969: 68. Australia (WA).
glabrifrons Meigen, 1824: 114. Austria; Australia (NSW, Qld, WA); cosmopol.
     civiculus Hardy, 1933b: 418. Australia (NSW & Qld & SA).
harleyi Kelsey, 1971: 187. Australia (Qld).
limbunyai Kelsey, 1971: 190. Australia (NT).
lucidus Becker, 1902: 39. Egypt; Hawaiian Is; Algeria, Christmas I (Indian Ocean), Afrotrop. Reg.
lunulanotafrons Kelsey, 1971: 191. Australia (NT).
mendumae Kelsey, 1971: 188. Australia (NT).
millarae Kelsey, 1971: 189. Australia (Qld).
minutus Kelsey, 1969: 78. Australia (NSW).
nakkari Kelsey, 1987: 8. Australia (WA).
norrisi Kelsey, 1969: 82. Australia (Qld).
pallidipennis Paramonov, 1955g: 651 (Scenopinula). Australia (NSW); Australia (SA).
papuanus Kröber, 1912e: 25 (Omphrale). PNG (PNG) & Taiwan; Guam, Hawaiian Is, Northern Marianas; Christmas I (Indian Ocean), Cocos (Keeling) Is, Sri Lanka.
     zeylanicus Senior-White, 1922a: 205. Sri Lanka.
     niger, Grimshaw, 1901, not De Geer, 1776, misid.
perkinsi Hardy, 1942: 202. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
renneri Kelsey, 1975: 204. Australia (NT).
sanfordi Kelsey, 1971: 192. Australia (NT).
spurrelli Kelsey, 1969: 90. Australia (Vic).
stephanos Winterton, 2008: 67. Australia (Qld).
torrensianus Kelsey, 1980: 7. Australia (SA).
trigelasinus Kelsey, 1971: 194. Australia (NT).
triquetrus Kelsey, 1971: 192. Australia (NT).