Scathophaga

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Scathophaga.stercoraria.couple.jpg

| image_caption = Scathophaga stercoraria, the yellow dung fly

| taxon = Scathophaga

| authority = Meigen, 1803

| type_species = Musca merdaria

| type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1794

| synonyms = *Pyropa Illiger, 1807

}}

File:Scathophaga furcata - 2013-05-06.webm

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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.Scathophaga stercoraria 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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Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

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{{Cite web| title=Scathophaga Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=148598

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| accessdate=2018-04-27

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{{Cite web| title=Catalogue of Life

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/

| accessdate=2018-04-27

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{{Cite web| title=Scathophaga

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1556238

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=2018-04-27

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{{Cite web| title=Scathophaga Genus Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/8319

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2018-04-27

}}

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