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Genus Scathophaga

Golden Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria

Fly id help needed please - Scathophaga stercoraria

green dung fly - Scathophaga stercoraria

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Scathophagidae (Dung Flies)

Genus Scathophaga

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apparently it was Scatophaga at one point, but according to NAL Agricultural Thesaurus, Scathophaga is preferred.

Numbers

Nearctica lists 29 species.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 October, 2004 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by jvandyk, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 27 January, 2008 - 3:58pm

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