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] This species is an example of an organism which may selectively store the sperm of multiple males, as females have three to four spermathecae.[2]
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...
genus Scathophaga: Scathophaga alata (Becker, 1914) c g Scathophaga albidohirta (Becker, 1907) c g Scathophaga albipes (Fabricius, 1805) g Scathophaga aldrichi...
Scathophaga litorea is a species of fly in the family Scathophagidae. It is found in the Palearctic. Fauna Europaea Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C....
Scathophaga nigrolimbata is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae. "Scathophaga nigrolimbata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
Scathophaga intermedia is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae. "Scathophaga intermedia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
Scathophaga furcata is a species of fly in the family Scathophagidae. It is found in the Palearctic. Like others in the genus Scathophaga, S. furcata...
Scathophaga inquinata is a species of fly in the family Scathophagidae. It is found in the Palearctic. It has a pale, orangey brown abdomen, orange legs...
Scathophaga crinita is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae. "Scathophaga crinita Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-30...
the genus Scathophaga which do indeed pass their larval stages in animal dung. The name probably derives from the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)...
Scathophaga suilla is a species of fly in the family Scathophagidae. It is found in the Palearctic. Fauna Europaea Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988)...
Scathophaga reses is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae. "Scathophaga reses Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
among the orders Diptera and Coleoptera. Examples of such flies are Scathophaga stercoraria and Sepsis cynipsea, dung flies commonly found in Europe...
SH, Martin OY, Ward PI (2010). "The karyotype of the yellow dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, a model organism in studies of sexual selection". Journal...
of Developmental Toxicity of a Test Chemical to Dipteran Dung Flies (Scathophaga stercoraria L. (Scathophagidae), Musca autumnalis De Geer (Muscidae))...
and diversity. An example of how this can be accomplished is in female Scathophaga that preferentially fertilize eggs to survive in different environments...
Macro photograph of a common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) made using a lens at its maximum 1:1 reproduction ratio, and an 18×24mm image sensor...
fly nested in the Drosophila, and a close relative of D. melanogaster. Scathophaga stercoraria (the yellow dung fly), used to study sexual selection and...
Pleurochaetella Vockeroth, 1965 i c g Pogonota Zetterstedt, 1860 i c g Scathophaga Meigen, 1803 i g b Spaziphora Rondani, 1856 i c g b Staegeria Rondani...
Blanckenhorn, W. (1997). "Altitudinal life history variation in the dung flies Scathophaga stercoraria and Sepsis cynipsea". Oecologia. 109: 342–352. doi:10.1007/s004420050092...
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