SCATHOPHAGIDAE
(dung flies)

SCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Delina nigrita
a leaf-mining dung fly
Species 3 trophisms
Hydromyza livens
a dung fly
Species 1 trophisms
Parallelomma
a genus of leaf-mining dungflies
Genus 2 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Scathophaga
a genus of dung flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
Section Calyptratae (dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue & green bottles)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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 SCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ball, S.G. 2007 Key to the British Scathophagidae (Diptera) v3.1
Ball, S.G. 2015 Key to genera and species of Scathophagidae
Ball, S.G. 2014 Key to the British Scathophagidae (Diptera) v4.1
Collin, J.E. 1958 A short synopsis of the British Scatophagidae (Diptera) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 13: 37-56.
Séguy, E. 1934 Diptère (Brachycéres) (Muscidae Acalypterae et Scatophagidae) 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:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies):

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