Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
GenusScathophaga (a genus of dung flies)
FamilySCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly) :
1: Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
6 Apr 2019 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male flies, on cow dung
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Male - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - latero-dorsal view - enlarged
2: Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
28 Jul 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Male - anterior view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
3: Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
4 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
a small female
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Legs 2 and 3 - magnified
4: Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
25 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from flowering Wild Carrot on shingle beach
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Wing - highly enlarged
5: Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
21 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on cow pat
Image 1: Male - on cowpatImage 2: Males - on cowpatImage 3: Males - on cowpat (2)Image 4: Mating group - female with male, plus another male hanging onImage 5: Mating group - female with male, plus another male hanging on (2)Image 6: Ova - on cowpatImage 7: Ova - on cowpat - close-up
6: Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
18 May 1975 OSGR: SU66 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Mating pair
Image 1: Mating pair - anterolateral view - enlargedImage 2: Mating pair - lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Mating pair - lateral view - enlarged (2)
7: Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
27 Apr 1972 OSGR: SE54 53° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Mating pair
Image 1: Mating pair - on dung - enlarged
8: Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
26 Aug 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - enlarged (2)

Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Scathophaga stercoraria (a dung fly)
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