Scathophaginae

Scathophaginae
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Cordilura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Scathophagidae
Subfamily:	Scathophaginae

Scathophaginae is a subfamily of dung flies in the family Scathophagidae. There are at least 30 genera and 130 described species in Scathophaginae.

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Scathophaga stercoraria

Genera

These 33 genera belong to the subfamily Scathophaginae:

• Acanthocnema Becker, 1894 ^{i c g}
• Acerocnema Becker, 1894 ^{i c g}
• Allomyella Malloch, 1923 ^{i c g}
• Brooksiella Vockeroth, 1987 ⁱ
• Bucephalina Malloch, 1919 ^{i c g}
• Ceratinostoma Meade, 1885 ^{i c g b}
• Chaetosa Coquillett, 1898 ^{i c g}
• Cordilura Fallen, 1810 ^{i g b}
• Cordylurella Malloch, 1919 ^{i c g b}
• Cosmetopus Becker, 1894 ^{i c g}
• Dromogaster Vockeroth, 1995 ⁱ
• Ernoneura Becker, 1894 ^{i c g}
• Gimnomera Rondani, 1866 ^{i c g}
• Gonarcticus Becker, 1894 ^{i c g}
• Gonatherus Rondani, 1856 ^{i c g}
• Huckettia Vockeroth, 1995 ⁱ
• Hydromyza Fallen, 1813 ^{i c g b}
• Megaphthalma Becker, 1894 ^{i c g}
• Megaphthalmoides Ringdahl, 1936 ^{i c g}
• Microprosopa Becker, 1894 ^{i c g}
• Nanna Becker, 1894 ^{i g}
• Neorthacheta Vockeroth, 1987 ^{i c g}
• Norellisoma Hendel, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Okeniella Hendel, 1907 ^{i c g}
• Orthacheta Becker, 1894 ^{i c g}
• Peratomyia Vockeroth, 1987 ⁱ
• 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, 1856 ^{i c g}
• Synchysa Vockeroth, 1987 ⁱ
• Trichopalpus Rondani, 1856 ^{i c g}

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

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.