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''Scathophaga'' are small to medium sized
predatory Predation is a biological interaction where 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 th ...
flies that for the most part, have larvae that feed on other insect larva within animal
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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'': * ''
Scathophaga alata 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 ...
'' (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 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 ...
'' (Becker, 1914) c g * '' Scathophaga soror'' Wiedemann, 1818 c g * '' Scathophaga staryi'' Sifner, 2000 c g * ''
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 ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b (yellow dung fly) * ''
Scathophaga striatipes 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, in ...
'' (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 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 ...
'' (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 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, in ...
'' (Ringdahl, 1937) c g * '' Scathophaga vlastae'' Sifner, 2000 c g * '' Scathophaga xinjiangensis'' Sun, 1998 c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net


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