SCATOPSIDAE
(scatopsid flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Apiloscatopse
a genus of scatopsid flies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 17 images
Scatopse notata
a scatopsid fly
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 		Species 12 images
Thripomorpha
a genus of flies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCATOPSIDAE (scatopsid flies)
SuperfamilySCATOPSOIDEA (scatopsid flies)
InfraorderPsychodomorpha (owl midges or moth flies, winter & window gnats, scatopsids)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Beuk, P. 2010 Key: Scatopsidae
Edwards, F.W. 1925 *** A Synopsis of British Bibionidae and Scatopsidae (Diptera) ***(Superseded) Ann. appl. Biol.: 263-275.
() Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P. 1985 Bibionid and Scatopsid Flies Handbook for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 9, Part 7, 74pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Séguy, E. 1940 *** Diptéres Nematocères (Fungivoridae, Lycoriidae, Hesperinidae, Bibionidae, Scatopsidae, Phrynidae, Pachyneuridae, Blepharoceridae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 36, 368pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

SCATOPSIDAE (scatopsid flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCATOPSIDAE (scatopsid flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCATOPSIDAE (scatopsid flies)
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