SEPSIDAE
(a family of lesser dung flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Orygma luctuosum
a lesser dung fly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 27 images
Saltella sphondylii
a lesser dung fly
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 		Species 2 images
Sepsis
a genus of lesser dung flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 48 images
Themira
a genus of lesser dung flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 32 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ang, Y. Sepsidnet - a digital reference collection of Sepsidae of the World sepsidnet-rmbr.nus.edu.sg/
Pont, A.C. & Meier, R. 2002 The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 37, 224pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Pont, A.C. 1979 *** Sepsidae: Diptera Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptrata ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(c), 35pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

SEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies)
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