Brooksiella (Diptera)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muscoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Calyptratae Superfamilia: Muscoidea

Familia: Scathophagidae
Subfamilia: Scathophaginae
Tribus: Microprosopini
Genus: Brooksiella
Species: B. varicornis

Name

Brooksiella Vockeroth, 1987: 1094

• Note: Brooksiella Vockeroth, 1987: 1094 is considered a nomen nudum by Bernasconi & Šifner, 2021: 1270 and Angell & Šifner, 2024: 26; they cite Brooksiella Vockeroth, 1995 instead.
• Vockeroth, 1995 and Systema Dipterorum, 2025 [Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (eds.)] consider Brooksiella Vockeroth, 1987: 1094 to be a valid name.

Type species: Microprosopa varicornis Curran, 1927, by monotypy

• Given ambiguously as "varicornis (Curran)" in Vockeroth, 1987: 1094, 1332, but clarified as Microprosopa varicornis Curran, 1927 in Vockeroth, 1995: 733

Gender: feminine

Synonymy

• Brokssiella Bernasconi & Šifner, 2021: 1270 [misspelling]
• Brockssiella Bernasconi & Šifner, 2021: 1270 [misspelling]
• Brocksiella Bernasconi & Šifner, 2021: 1270 [misspelling]

References

Primary references

• Vockeroth, J.R. 1987. Scathophagidae [chapter 103]. Pp. 1085–1097. In: McAlpine, J.F., et al. (eds.) Manual of Nearctic Diptera 2. Agriculture Canada Monograph 28. 1332 pp. Ottawa. Full text (PDF). ISBN 978-0-660-12125-3 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vockeroth, J.R. 1995. Validation of nomina nuda of Nearctic Tethinidae, Scathophagidae, and Muscidae proposed in Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97: 732–734. BHL Reference page. 
• Bernasconi, M.V. & Šifner, F. 2021. Annotated supplements to catalogues of the family Scathophagidae (Diptera) in the world, with new taxonomic data, notes on some species and new list of species. Linzer biologische Beiträge 52(2): 1267–1306. Full text (PDF). ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Angell, C.S. & Šifner, F. 2024. Review and re-proposal of family-group names used for tribes of Scathophagidae (Diptera). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (eds.) Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. IV. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157: 23–28. PDF. Internet Archive ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Brooksiella Vockeroth, 1987: 1094. Record #6249. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 7.1, last updated 12 September 2026. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 10 May 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Brokssiella Bernasconi & Šifner, 2021: 1270. Record #25499. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 7.1, last updated 12 September 2026. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 10 May 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Brockssiella Bernasconi & Šifner, 2021: 1270, 1290. Record #25500. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 7.1, last updated 12 September 2026. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 10 May 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Brocksiella Bernasconi & Šifner, 2021: 1270. Record #25501. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 7.1, last updated 12 September 2026. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 10 May 2025.