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Species Scathophaga intermedia

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Scathophagid Fly - Scathophaga intermedia Diptera - Scathophaga intermedia unknown mating flies - Scathophaga intermedia - male - female unknown mating flies - Scathophaga intermedia - male - female Fucellia ? - Scathophaga intermedia Fly - Scathophaga intermedia Fly - Scathophaga intermedia Fly - Scathophaga intermedia

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
Genus Scathophaga
Species intermedia (Scathophaga intermedia)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Listed by James(1) as Scopeuma impudicum, a misidentification(2)

Explanation of Names

Scathophaga intermedia Walker, 1849

Identification

Arista bare. Antennae mostly black, often with yellow on pedicel and scape. Presutural acrostichal bristles strong and in two rows. Anepimeron with fine, erect hairs. Wing without infuscations. Femora pollinose, variable in color; tibiae reddish yellow. Male with long, crinkly hairs.

Range

Northern coasts of North America from British Columbia to Massachusetts(2)

See Also

Similar to S. dasythrix (tibiae and face black; west coast) and S. frigida (anepimeron bare, arista plumose), and the arctic S. crinita (femora glossy black, male with extremely long hairs).

Works Cited

1.The genus Scopeuma Meigen in the western United States and Canada.
James, M.T. 1950. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 43: 343-353.
2.A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico
Alan Stone, et al. 1965. United States Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 24 September, 2010 - 11:30am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, Chris Angell
Last updated 22 October, 2024 - 8:58am

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