( Scathophagidae )
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
LOCATION DETAILS
RECOGNITION
BIOLOGY
HABITAT
CREDITS
Eddie Dunbar
REFERENCES
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System TSN#678096
| Dung Fly ( Scathophagidae ) | |
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| IDENTIFICATION | |
| Identification: | Scathophagidae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) |
| Common Name: | Dung Fly |
| Life Stage: | A |
| PHYLOGENY | |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Holometabola |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Family: | Scathophagidae |
| Taxon Code: | DIP00794 |
| ITIS TSN#: | 678096 |
LOCATION DETAILS | |
| Location | |
| Crescent Ridge Trail, Briones Regional Park, Lafayette | |
| County: | Contra Costa County |
| ECI Site#: | CAEB070000 |
| Park/Forest: | Briones Regional Park |
RECOGNITION | |
| Ventral surface of scutellum bare, costa usually without spinules. | |
| Body Length | |
| 3-11 mm | |
BIOLOGY | |
| Food | |
| Larvae of Delininae are leaf miners in Liliaceae, Orchidaceae, and Commelinaceae. Larvae of Scathophaginae have been reported as phytophagous. | |
| Habitat | |
| Some larvae live in dung, others are leaf miners, stem-borers or feed in seed capsules, still others are aquatic predators and predators on other insect larvae in wet situations. | |
HABITAT | |
| Some larvae live in dung, others are leaf miners, stem-borers or feed in seed capsules, still others are aquatic predators and predators on other insect larvae in wet situations. | |
CREDITS | |
| Photographer Eddie Dunbar | |
REFERENCES | |
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