The
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''Scathophaga'' are small to medium sized
predatory
Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
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. This species is an example of an organism which may selectively store the sperm of multiple males, as females have three to four spermathecae.
[(cf. http://euplotes.biology.uiowa.edu/web/sexpapers/2004/week12/Ward.pdf)]
Species
These 99 species belong to the genus ''Scathophaga'':
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Scathophaga alashanica''
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Scathophaga alata''
(Becker, 1914) c g
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Scathophaga albidohirta''
(Becker, 1907) c g
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Scathophaga albipes''
(Fabricius, 1805) g
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Scathophaga aldrichi
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, inf ...
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(Malloch, 1920) i c g
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Scathophaga amplipennis''
(Portschinsky, 1887) c g
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Scathophaga analis''
(Meigen, 1826) c g
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Scathophaga apicalis''
(Curtis, 1835) i c g
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Scathophaga arrogans
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, inf ...
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(Haliday, 1832) c g
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Scathophaga bicolor
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, inf ...
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(Collart, 1942) c g
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Scathophaga bipunctata
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, inf ...
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(Macquart, 1835) c g
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Scathophaga bohemiae
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, inf ...
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Sifner, 2000 c g
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Scathophaga buryatica
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, inf ...
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Scathophaga calceata
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, inf ...
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Ozerov, 2008 c g
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Scathophaga calida
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, inf ...
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(Haliday, 1832) c g
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Scathophaga cineraria
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, inf ...
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(Meigen, 1826) c g
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Scathophaga claripennis
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, inf ...
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(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga cordylurina
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, inf ...
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(Holmgren, 1883) c g
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Scathophaga crinita''
(Coquillett, 1901) i c g b
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Scathophaga curtipilata''
Feng, 2002 c g
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Scathophaga dalmatica''
(Becker, 1894) c g
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Scathophaga dasythrix''
(Becker, 1894) i c g
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Scathophaga decipiens''
(Haliday, 1832) c g
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Scathophaga eoa''
Ozerov, 2007 c g
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Scathophaga erythrostoma''
(Holmgren, 1883) c g
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Scathophaga estotilandica''
(Rondani, 1863) c g
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Scathophaga exalata''
Ozerov, 1997 c g
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Scathophaga eximia''
(Haliday, 1832) c g
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Scathophaga exotica''
(Wiedemann, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga flavihirta''
Sun, 1998 c g
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Scathophaga fluvialis''
(Rondani, 1867) c g
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Scathophaga foetulecta''
(Seguy, 1966) c g
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Scathophaga fontinalis''
(Rondani, 1867) c g
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Scathophaga frigida''
(Coquillett, 1900) i c g
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Scathophaga furcata''
(Say, 1823) i c g b
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Scathophaga gigantea''
(Aldrich, 1932) c g
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Scathophaga grisea''
(Malloch, 1920) i c g
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Scathophaga guerini''
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga hiemalis''
(James, 1950) i c g
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Scathophaga humilis''
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga incola''
(Becker, 1900) i c g
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Scathophaga infumatum''
(Becker, 1907) c g
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Scathophaga inquinata''
(Meigen, 1826) c g
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Scathophaga intermedia''
(Walker, 1849) i c g b
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Scathophaga islandica''
(Becker, 1894) i c g
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Scathophaga janmayeni''
(Séguy, 1938) g
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Scathophaga jezeki''
(Sifner, 1981) c g
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Scathophaga jizerensis''
Sifner, 2004 c g
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Scathophaga kaszabi''
Sifner, 1975 c g
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Scathophaga lapponica''
(Ringdahl, 1920) i c g
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Scathophaga lateralis''
(Meigen, 1826) c g
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Scathophaga limbata''
(Roser, 1840) c g
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Scathophaga litorea''
(Fallen, 1819) i c g
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Scathophaga lutaria''
(Fabricius, 1794) c g
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Scathophaga magnipennis''
(Portschinsky, 1887) c g
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Scathophaga mellipes''
Coquillett, 1898 g
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Scathophaga mihalyii''
Sifner, 1975 c g
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Scathophaga milani''
Sifner, 1981 c g
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Scathophaga moceki''
Sifner, 2004 c g
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Scathophaga mollis''
(Becker, 1894) i c g
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Scathophaga monticola''
(Malloch, 1924) i c g
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Scathophaga multisetosa
The genus ''Scathophaga'' are small to medium sized predatory Fly, flies that for the most part, have larvae that feed on other insect larva within animal Feces, dung or decaying vegetable matter. Many are highly variable, sometimes producing ...
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(Holmgren, 1883) i c g
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Scathophaga nelsoni''
Sifner, 2003 c g
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Scathophaga nemorosa''
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga nigricans''
(Macquart, 1835) c g
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Scathophaga nigricornis''
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga nigripalpis
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, inf ...
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(Becker, 1907) i c g
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Scathophaga nigrohirta''
(Czerny, 1909) c g
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Scathophaga nigrolimbata''
(Cresson, 1918) i c g b
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Scathophaga obscura''
(Fallen, 1819) i c g
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Scathophaga obscurinervis''
(Becker, 1900) i c g
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Scathophaga ochrocephala''
(Brulle, 1833) c g
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Scathophaga odontosternita''
Feng, 1999 c g
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Scathophaga orcasae''
(Malloch, 1935) i c g
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Scathophaga pallipes''
(Szilady, 1926) c g
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Scathophaga parisiensis''
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga parviceps''
(Ringdahl, 1936) c g
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Scathophaga pictipennis''
(Oldenberg, 1923) i c g
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Scathophaga pubescens''
(Szilady, 1926) c g
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Scathophaga reses''
(Giglio-tos, 1893) i c g b
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Scathophaga robusta''
(Curran, 1927) i c g
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Scathophaga scropharia''
(Fabricius, 1805) c g
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Scathophaga scybalaria''
(Linnaeus, 1758) c g
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Scathophaga semiatra''
(Meijere, 1907) c g
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Scathophaga sinensis''
Sun, 1998 c g
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Scathophaga socia''
(Becker, 1914) c g
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Scathophaga soror''
Wiedemann, 1818 c g
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Scathophaga staryi''
Sifner, 2000 c g
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Scathophaga stercoraria
''Scathophaga stercoraria'', commonly known as the yellow dung fly or the golden dung fly, is one of the most familiar and abundant flies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. As its common name suggests, it is often found on the feces of la ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b (yellow dung fly)
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Scathophaga striatipes''
(Becker, 1894) c g
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Scathophaga subpolita''
Malloch, 1935 i c g
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Scathophaga suilla''
(Fabricius, 1794) i c g b
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Scathophaga tessellata''
(Macquart, 1838) c g
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Scathophaga thoracica''
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga tinctinervis''
(Becker, 1894) c g
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Scathophaga tropicalis''
(Malloch, 1931) c g
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Scathophaga umbrarum''
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g
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Scathophaga varipes''
(Holmgren, 1883) i c g
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Scathophaga villosiventre''
(Ringdahl, 1937) c g
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Scathophaga vlastae''
Sifner, 2000 c g
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Scathophaga xinjiangensis''
Sun, 1998 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
References
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Scathophagidae
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Schizophora genera
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