Iwasa, Mitsuhiro
Scathophagidae
Sign in to saveThe Scathophagidae are a small family of Muscoidea which are often known as dung flies, although this name is not appropriate except for a few species of the genus Scathophaga which do indeed pass their larval stages in animal dung. The name probably derives from the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria), which is one of the most abundant and ubiquitous flies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Species
dung-flies
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyScathophagidae
糞蠅科（学名：Scathophagidae）又名拟花蝇科，是家蠅總科下的一個小科。這個科下的黃糞蠅是北半球最為普遍及大量的蒼蠅。 糞蠅科下的物種在幼蟲階段較為多樣化，包括有吃植物的、水中掠食者及吃其他昆蟲的幼蟲等。成蟲一般會在花朵出沒，以獵食其他細小的昆蟲，而非傳播花粉。事實上牠們會獵食麗蠅，故在生物防治病蟲害中是有益的媒介。 糞蠅科其下共有66個屬及約500個物種。大部份都是在古北區及新北區發現，整個科都差不多限制於北半球以內，唯有5個物種是生活在南半球的。最豐富及多樣的糞蠅科是在俄羅斯遠東，很多新物種在當地發現。由於牠們在北方（甚至全北區）的分佈，有指牠們是所有蒼蠅中生活在最北的地區。在加拿大就有150種糞蠅科，而凍土層就有25種。在不列顛群島就發現了54種糞蠅科，差不多所有都是分佈在全北區的。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,492
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Scathophagidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, UAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
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- Scathophagidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Scathophagidae
- taxon name
- Scathophagidae
- taxon common name
- åkerfluer
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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The Scathophagidae are a small family of Muscoidea which are often known as dung flies, although this name is not appropriate except for a few species of the genus Scathophaga which do indeed pass their larval stages in animal dung. The name probably derives from the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria), which is one of the most abundant and ubiquitous flies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scathophagidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.