Scathophaga

Scathophaga
	Scathophaga stercoraria, the yellow dung fly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Scathophagidae
Subfamily:	Scathophaginae
Genus:	Scathophaga; Meigen, 1803
Type species
	Musca merdaria; Fabricius, 1794
Synonyms
	Pyropa Illiger, 1807; Scatina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; Scatomyza Fallén, 1810; Scatophaga Fabricius, 1805; Scopeuma Meigen, 1800;

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S. furcata in copula

The genus Scathophaga are small to medium sized predatory flies that for the most part, have larvae that feed on other insect larva within animal dung or decaying vegetable matter. Many are highly variable, sometimes producing small, infertile males that superficially resemble females.^[1] This species is an example of an organism which may selectively store the sperm of multiple males, as females have three to four spermathecae.^[2]

Species[]

These 99 species belong to the genus Scathophaga:

(Becker, 1914)^{c g}
(Becker, 1907)^{c g}
(Fabricius, 1805)^g
(Malloch, 1920)^{i c g}
(Portschinsky, 1887)^{c g}
(Meigen, 1826)^{c g}
(Curtis, 1835)^{i c g}
(Haliday, 1832)^{c g}
(Collart, 1942)^{c g}
(Macquart, 1835)^{c g}
Sifner, 2000^{c g}
Ozerov, 2008^{c g}
(Haliday, 1832)^{c g}
(Meigen, 1826)^{c g}
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{c g}
(Holmgren, 1883)^{c g}
Scathophaga crinita (Coquillett, 1901)^{i c g b}
Feng, 2002^{c g}
(Becker, 1894)^{c g}
(Becker, 1894)^{i c g}
(Haliday, 1832)^{c g}
Ozerov, 2007^{c g}
(Holmgren, 1883)^{c g}
(Rondani, 1863)^{c g}
Ozerov, 1997^{c g}
(Haliday, 1832)^{c g}
(Wiedemann, 1830)^{c g}
Sun, 1998^{c g}
(Rondani, 1867)^{c g}
(Seguy, 1966)^{c g}
(Rondani, 1867)^{c g}
(Coquillett, 1900)^{i c g}
Scathophaga furcata (Say, 1823)^{i c g b}
(Aldrich, 1932)^{c g}
(Malloch, 1920)^{i c g}
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{c g}
(James, 1950)^{i c g}
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{c g}
(Becker, 1900)^{i c g}
(Becker, 1907)^{c g}
Scathophaga inquinata (Meigen, 1826)^{c g}
Scathophaga intermedia (Walker, 1849)^{i c g b}
(Becker, 1894)^{i c g}
(Séguy, 1938)^g
(Sifner, 1981)^{c g}
Sifner, 2004^{c g}
Sifner, 1975^{c g}
(Ringdahl, 1920)^{i c g}
(Meigen, 1826)^{c g}
(Roser, 1840)^{c g}
Scathophaga litorea (Fallen, 1819)^{i c g}
(Fabricius, 1794)^{c g}
(Portschinsky, 1887)^{c g}
Coquillett, 1898^g
Sifner, 1975^{c g}
Sifner, 1981^{c g}
Sifner, 2004^{c g}
(Becker, 1894)^{i c g}
(Malloch, 1924)^{i c g}
(Holmgren, 1883)^{i c g}
Sifner, 2003^{c g}
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{c g}
(Macquart, 1835)^{c g}
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{c g}
(Becker, 1907)^{i c g}
(Czerny, 1909)^{c g}
Scathophaga nigrolimbata (Cresson, 1918)^{i c g b}
(Fallen, 1819)^{i c g}
(Becker, 1900)^{i c g}
(Brulle, 1833)^{c g}
Feng, 1999^{c g}
(Malloch, 1935)^{i c g}
(Szilady, 1926)^{c g}
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{c g}
(Ringdahl, 1936)^{c g}
(Oldenberg, 1923)^{i c g}
(Szilady, 1926)^{c g}
Scathophaga reses (Giglio-tos, 1893)^{i c g b}
(Curran, 1927)^{i c g}
(Fabricius, 1805)^{c g}
(Linnaeus, 1758)^{c g}
(Meijere, 1907)^{c g}
Sun, 1998^{c g}
(Becker, 1914)^{c g}
Wiedemann, 1818^{c g}
Sifner, 2000^{c g}
Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)^{i c g b} (yellow dung fly)
(Becker, 1894)^{c g}
Malloch, 1935^{i c g}
Scathophaga suilla (Fabricius, 1794)^{i c g b}
(Macquart, 1838)^{c g}
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{c g}
(Becker, 1894)^{c g}
(Malloch, 1931)^{c g}
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{c g}
(Holmgren, 1883)^{i c g}
(Ringdahl, 1937)^{c g}
Sifner, 2000^{c g}
Sun, 1998^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[3] c = Catalogue of Life,^[4] g = GBIF,^[5] b = Bugguide.net^[6]

References[]

^ Scathophaga stercoraria
^ (cf. http://euplotes.biology.uiowa.edu/web/sexpapers/2004/week12/Ward.pdf)
^ "Scathophaga Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
^ "Scathophaga". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
^ "Scathophaga Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

External links[]

"Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
Media related to Scathophaga at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Scathophaga stercoraria

[2] (cf. http://euplotes.biology.uiowa.edu/web/sexpapers/2004/week12/Ward.pdf)

[itis-3] "Scathophaga Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

[catlife-4] "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-27.

[gbif-5] "Scathophaga". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

[bugref-6] "Scathophaga Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

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Scathophaga

Scathophaga stercoraria, the yellow dung fly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Scathophagidae
Subfamily:	Scathophaginae
Genus:	Scathophaga Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca merdaria Fabricius, 1794
Synonyms
Pyropa Illiger, 1807 Scatina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Scatomyza Fallén, 1810 Scatophaga Fabricius, 1805 Scopeuma Meigen, 1800