Spelobia
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Spelobia maculipennis
lesser dung fly
Spelobia maculipennis is a species of lesser dung fly in the family Sphaeroceridae. The species was originally described as Leptocera maculipennis by Spuler in 1925. As a member of the Sphaeroceridae, it belongs to a family of small flies commonly associated with decaying organic matter and dung. The genus Spelobia comprises numerous species of small dung flies distributed across various regions.