Scathophaga furcata (Say, 1823)
(a dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScathophaga furcata (a dung fly)
GenusScathophaga (a genus of dung flies)
FamilySCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Scathophaga furcata (a dung fly) :
1: Scathophaga furcata (a dung fly)
24 Apr 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, swept off Red Currant
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Male - antennae - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Scathophaga furcata (a dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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