Family Sepsidae - Black Scavenger Flies

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Acalyptratae)

Family Sepsidae (Black Scavenger Flies)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 11 genera and 34 species.

Identification

Small, shning blackish flies, sometimes with a reddish tinge; spherical head; abdomen narrowed at the base. Many species have a dark spot along the costal margin of the wing near the tip.

Habitat

Larvae live in excrement and various types of decaying matter. Adults found near material that the larvae feed on.

Print References

(1)

Internet References

Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 20 November, 2004 - 8:39am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 5 April, 2006 - 3:52pm

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