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Genus Scathophaga

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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scopeuma, Scatophaga
Explanation of Names
Scathophaga Meigen 1803
'Dung eater'
Numbers
~30 spp. in North America
Identification
Key to western species in (1)
Range
inn NA, 2 spp. widespread and common in temperate areas, the rest are mountane, boreal, or coastal
Print References
Malloch J.R. (1935) Exotic Muscaridae (Diptera). -XXXVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 10, 15: 242-266 (Full text)
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.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 October, 2004 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 4 August, 2023 - 1:19pm

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