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Genus Scatopse

Minute Black Scavenger Fly - Scatopse notata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)

Family Scatopsidae (Minute Black Scavenger Flies)

Subfamily Scatopsinae

Tribe Scatopsini

Genus Scatopse

Numbers

3 species in our area.

Remarks

Only one species, Scatopse notata, found in a survey of Los Angeles. (1)

Internet References

ITIS

DrawWing, diagram of wing venation

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Works Cited

1.	Urban Scatopsidae (Diptera) of Los Angeles, California, United States Amorim and Brown. 2020. Insect Systematics and Diversity.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 10 December, 2007 - 11:48am
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 20 November, 2021 - 9:27pm

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