SCATHOPHAGIDAE
(dung flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Species 8 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 22 images
Puparium (Click to open)
Species 2 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images
Male (Click to open)
Species 12 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 18 images
 (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 33 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 7 subtaxa 101 images
Male (Click to open)
Species 9 images
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Unidentified 16 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ball, S.G. 2015 Key to genera and species of Scathophagidae http://scathophagidae.myspecies.info/content/identification
Ball, S.G. 2014 Key to the British Scathophagidae (Diptera) v4.1
Ball, S.G. 2007 *** Key to the British Scathophagidae (Diptera) v3.1 ***(Superseded)
Collin, J.E. 1958 *** A short synopsis of the British Scatophagidae (Diptera) ***(Superseded) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 13: 37-56.
Séguy, E. 1934 *** Diptère (Brachycéres) (Muscidae Acalypterae et Scatophagidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 28, 867pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

SCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)
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