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Subfamily Scathophaginae

Scathophaga sp.? - Scathophaga furcata Possible Sciomyzidae - Scathophaga Scathophaga stercoraria (Golden Dung Fly) - Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria? with prey - Scathophaga stercoraria Golden Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria - male Scathophaga stercoraria? - Scathophaga stercoraria - male Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria Fly found in the Great Smoky Mountains NP - Scathophaga stercoraria
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
Remarks
Larvae of Scathophaginae 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). (1)
Works Cited
1.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.