Scathophaga Meigen, 1803
(a genus of dung flies)

Scathophaga (a genus of dung flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Scathophaga (a genus of dung flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Scathophaga stercoraria
a dung fly
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scathophaga (a genus of dung flies)

Scathophaga (a genus of dung flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gibbons, D.S. 1980 Aspects of the taxonomy of Scathophaga species (Dipt., Scathophagidae), with particular reference to the variety S. stercoraria var. merdaria (F.) Ent. Mon. Mag. 116: 97-100.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Scathophaga (a genus of dung flies):

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