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

Species

These 99 species belong to the genus Scathophaga:

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

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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