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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Scathophaginae

Subfamily Scathophaginae

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
7009394 Scathophagid - Scathophaga stercoraria Sedge fly - Cordilura - male Scathophaga ? - Scathophaga furcata Scathophaga stercoraria ? - Scathophaga stercoraria fly on tree sap - Scathophaga furcata Scathophagid female? - Cordilura Scathophaga? - Scathophaga stercoraria Cordylurella - Cordylurella nana - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Scathophagidae (Dung Flies)
Subfamily Scathophaginae
Numbers
~400 spp. in 43 genera total(1)
Remarks
Larvae have been reported as phytophagous (especially in Scirpus, Juncus, and Pedicularis), predaceous, or coprophagous (as in the common Scathophaga species, although some feed in seaweed)(2)
Works Cited
1.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
2.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 February, 2015 - 10:17am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 19 January, 2024 - 4:59pm

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