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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Scathophaginae » Scathophaga » Scathophaga furcata
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Aecothea NEW GENUS - Scathophaga furcata
Copyright © 2007 Joe, Entomologist (in training)

Aecothea NEW GENUS - Scathophaga furcata
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
March 27, 2007
Size: 6 mm
keyed out using McAlpine's... second opinions are always welcomed... please make a new page for this fellow

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Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 3 April, 2007 - 3:35pm
Last updated 20 January, 2014 - 7:12pm

Moved
Moved from Scathophaga.
… John F. Carr, 20 January, 2014 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aecothea.
… Matthias Buck, 11 May, 2007 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

Scathophaga
This is a species of the genus Scathophaga. It lacks spines along the leading edge of the wing, which all heleomyzids have (otherwise they are fairly similar). Note also the many bristles on all tibiae. Aecothea does not have bristles on the hind tibia.
… Matthias Buck, 11 May, 2007 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Heleomyzidae.
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 3 April, 2007 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

Genus page made
and waiting :-)
… Jim McClarin, 3 April, 2007 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

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