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SCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Scathophagidae Imago 9 July 1998 Berks England 2
Scathophagidae Male imago 9 July 1998 Berks England 2
Scathophagidae Imago 9 July 1998 Berks England 1
Scathophagidae Female imago 6 June 1998 Berks England 4
Scathophagidae Male imago 27 July 1997 Berks England 3
Scathophagidae Male imago 13 July 1997 South Hampshire England 1
Scathophagidae Imago 5 June 1997 Berks England 1
Scathophagidae Male imago 25 May 1997 Berks England 2

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Delina nigrita (Fallen) (a leaf-mining dung fly)           3
Species Hydromyza livens (Fabricius) (a dung fly)           1
Genus Parallelomma (a genus of leaf-mining dungflies) 2          
Species Parallelomma paridis Hering (a leaf-mining dung fly)           1
Species Parallelomma vittatum (Meigen) (a leaf-mining dung fly)   6 22 5   3
Genus Scathophaga (a genus of dung flies) 2 17 3   1  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Ball, S.G., in prep. Scathophagidae (Diptera) Test key
The leaf and stem mines of British flies and oher insects (TEST VERSION): http://www.ukflymines.co.uk (leaf/stem mining species) Web Site/Page
Séguy, E., 1934 Diptère (Brachycéres) (Muscidae Acalypterae et Scatophagidae)

SCATHOPHAGIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CALYPTRATA
(calypterate flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

SCATHOPHAGIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Scathophagidae listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with SCATHOPHAGIDAE:

Scathophagidae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

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