Scathophaga

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] is an example of an organism which may selectively store the sperm of multiple males, as females have three to four spermathecae.[2]

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

Species

These 99 species belong to the genus Scathophaga:

• Scathophaga alata (Becker, 1914) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga albidohirta (Becker, 1907) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga albipes (Fabricius, 1805) ^g
• Scathophaga aldrichi (Malloch, 1920) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga amplipennis (Portschinsky, 1887) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga analis (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga apicalis (Curtis, 1835) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga arrogans (Haliday, 1832) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga bicolor (Collart, 1942) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga bipunctata (Macquart, 1835) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga bohemiae Sifner, 2000 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga calceata Ozerov, 2008 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga calida (Haliday, 1832) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga cineraria (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga claripennis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga cordylurina (Holmgren, 1883) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga crinita (Coquillett, 1901) ^{i c g b}
• Scathophaga curtipilata Feng, 2002 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga dalmatica (Becker, 1894) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga dasythrix (Becker, 1894) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga decipiens (Haliday, 1832) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga eoa Ozerov, 2007 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga erythrostoma (Holmgren, 1883) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga estotilandica (Rondani, 1863) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga exalata Ozerov, 1997 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga eximia (Haliday, 1832) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga exotica (Wiedemann, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga flavihirta Sun, 1998 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga fluvialis (Rondani, 1867) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga foetulecta (Seguy, 1966) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga fontinalis (Rondani, 1867) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga frigida (Coquillett, 1900) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga furcata (Say, 1823) ^{i c g b}
• Scathophaga gigantea (Aldrich, 1932) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga grisea (Malloch, 1920) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga guerini (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga hiemalis (James, 1950) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga humilis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga incola (Becker, 1900) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga infumatum (Becker, 1907) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga inquinata (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga intermedia (Walker, 1849) ^{i c g b}
• Scathophaga islandica (Becker, 1894) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga janmayeni (Séguy, 1938) ^g
• Scathophaga jezeki (Sifner, 1981) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga jizerensis Sifner, 2004 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga kaszabi Sifner, 1975 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga lapponica (Ringdahl, 1920) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga lateralis (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga limbata (Roser, 1840) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga litorea (Fallen, 1819) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga lutaria (Fabricius, 1794) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga magnipennis (Portschinsky, 1887) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga mellipes Coquillett, 1898 ^g
• Scathophaga mihalyii Sifner, 1975 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga milani Sifner, 1981 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga moceki Sifner, 2004 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga mollis (Becker, 1894) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga monticola (Malloch, 1924) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga multisetosa (Holmgren, 1883) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga nelsoni Sifner, 2003 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga nemorosa (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga nigricans (Macquart, 1835) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga nigricornis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga nigripalpis (Becker, 1907) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga nigrohirta (Czerny, 1909) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga nigrolimbata (Cresson, 1918) ^{i c g b}
• Scathophaga obscura (Fallen, 1819) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga obscurinervis (Becker, 1900) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga ochrocephala (Brulle, 1833) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga odontosternita Feng, 1999 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga orcasae (Malloch, 1935) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga pallipes (Szilady, 1926) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga parisiensis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga parviceps (Ringdahl, 1936) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga pictipennis (Oldenberg, 1923) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga pubescens (Szilady, 1926) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga reses (Giglio-tos, 1893) ^{i c g b}
• Scathophaga robusta (Curran, 1927) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga scropharia (Fabricius, 1805) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga scybalaria (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga semiatra (Meijere, 1907) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga sinensis Sun, 1998 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga socia (Becker, 1914) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga soror Wiedemann, 1818 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga staryi Sifner, 2000 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{i c g b} (yellow dung fly)
• Scathophaga striatipes (Becker, 1894) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga subpolita Malloch, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga suilla (Fabricius, 1794) ^{i c g b}
• Scathophaga tessellata (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga thoracica (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga tinctinervis (Becker, 1894) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga tropicalis (Malloch, 1931) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga umbrarum (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga varipes (Holmgren, 1883) ^{i c g}
• Scathophaga villosiventre (Ringdahl, 1937) ^{c g}
• Scathophaga vlastae Sifner, 2000 ^{c g}
• Scathophaga xinjiangensis Sun, 1998 ^{c g}

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

References

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

External links

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