Scathophaga lutaria (Fabricius, 1794)
(a dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScathophaga lutaria (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 lutaria (a dung fly) :
1: Scathophaga lutaria (a dung fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
22 Feb 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on freshly cut Birch stump oozing sap in sunshine
Image 1: Lateral viewImage 2: Male - dorsal viewImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: GenitaliaImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral viewImage 6: Membranous strip between hind coxae - magnified

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

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Scathophaga lutaria (a dung fly)
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