Diagnosis. Small to medium sized, slender flies. Dull yellowish brown or dull grey, to shining black or yellow, sometimes bicolorous. Often with strong setae, sometimes with dense cover of fine erect hairs. Eyes widely separate in both sexes. No interfrontal setae. Postgenae usually with long pale hairs.
Biology. Larvae of most species phytophagous, either as leafminers, stem-borers, living in flower heads, in flowers or in seed capsules. Larvae of other species in heaps of seaweed, vegetable detritus, sewage beds, nests of coot (Fulica atra Linnaeus), in peat, in dung, or predatory on eggs of aquatic insects. Adults probably all predacious on soft bodied insects. Some species attracted in considerable numbers to dung. Males ofScathophaga stercoraria aggregating on cow pads.
General references. H. de Jong (1985 [Norellia], 2000a [general, key to genera]), Vockeroth (1987e [general, key to genera, Nearctic]).
References to the local fauna. H. de Jong (1985, 1996, 2000c), Kabos (1954b), Mortelmans & Devillers (2014), Oosterbroek (1973), Van der Wulp (1871).
Remarks. Original data by De Jong, corrections and updates (publication years marked in red) by Beuk.
How to quote this page: Jong, H. de, & P.L.Th. Beuk, 2024. Family Scathophagidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Scathophagidae (date accessed: 15/01/2025).
NL: 43, 1I, 1?
B: 43
D: 42, 1I, 1?
UK: 54
World: 250
SCATHOPHAGIDAE
= CORDYLURIDAE
= SCOPEUMATIDAE
= CORDILURIDAE: unjustified emendation
= SCATOPHAGIDAE: unjustified emendation
= SCATOMYZIDAE
DELININAE
Delina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
nigrita (Fallén, 1819)
N
Leptopa Zetterstedt, 1838
filiformis Zetterstedt, 1838
N
Micropselapha Becker, 1894
filiformis (Zetterstedt, 1846)
N; will be formally recorded by H. de Jong (in prep.)
Parallelomma Strobl, 1894
Note 1
= Chylizosoma Hendel, 1924
media Becker, 1894
N
vittata (Meigen, 1826)
N
SCATHOPHAGINAE
Acerocnema Becker, 1894
macrocera (Meigen, 1826)
N; added by Mortelmans & Devillers (2014: 136)
Ceratinostoma Meade, 1895
ostiorum (Haliday in Curtis, 1832)
N
= borealis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Chaetosa Coquillett, 1898
punctipes (Meigen, 1826)
N
Cleigastra Macquart, 1835
= Cnemopogon Rondani, 1856
apicalis (Meigen, 1826)
N
Conisternum Strobl, 1894
Note 1
= Coniosternum Becker, 1894
decipiens (Haliday in Curtis, 1832)
N
obscurum (Fallén, 1819)
N
Cordilura Fallén, 1810
= Cordylura Meigen, 1826: emend.
subg. Cordilura Fallén, 1810
aemula (Collin, 1958)
N; added by H. de Jong (1996: 70, 199)
ciliata (Meigen, 1826)
N
picipes (Meigen, 1826)
N
= biseta Loew, 1864
pubera (Linnaeus, 1758)
N
pudica (Meigen, 1826)
N
rufimana Meigen, 1826
N; will be formally recorded by H. de Jong (in prep.)
umbrosa Loew, 1873
N; added by Oosterbroek (1973: 181)
subg. Cordilurina James, 1955
= Parallelomma Becker, 1894: preocc.
albipes (Fallén, 1819)
N
Gimnomera Rondani, 1866
= Gymnomera Rondani, 1866: emend.
tarsea (Fallén, 1819)
N
Hydromyza Fallén, 1813
livens (Fabricius, 1794)
N
Megaphthalma Becker, 1894
= Megophthalma Becker, 1894: incorrect spelling
pallida (Fallén, 1819)
N
Nanna Strobl, 1894
Note 1
= Amaurasoma Becker, 1894
armillata (Zetterstedt, 1846)
N; added by H. de Jong & Van Zuijlen (2020: 364) and Mol et al. (2020: 132)
articulata (Becker, 1894)
N; added by H. de Jong (1996: 70, 199)
fasciata (Meigen, 1826)
N
flavipes (Fallén, 1819)
N
inermis (Becker, 1894)
N
= tibiella (Zetterstedt, 1838): misident.
= leucochaeta (De Meijere, 1907)
T
Note 2
Norellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
= Achantholena Rondani, 1856
= Acantholena Rondani, 1857: incorrect spelling
subg. Norellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
spinipes (Meigen, 1826)
N; added by Kabos (1954b: 139)
tipularia (Fabricius, 1794)
I; added by H. de Jong (1985: 21)
subg. Norellisoma Wahlgren, 1817
armipes (Meigen, 1826)
N
= flavicauda (Meigen, 1826)
liturata (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1826)
N
nervosa (Meigen, 1826)
N
opaca (Loew, 1864)
N; will be formally recorded by H. de Jong (in prep.)
spinimana (Fallén, 1819)
N
= suilla (Fabricius, 1794): nomen oblitum
Phrosia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
albilabris (Fabricius, 1805)
N
Scathophaga Meigen, 1803
= Scopeuma Meigen, 1800: suppr.
= Scatophaga Fabricius, 1805: emend.
= Scatomyza Fallén, 1810
furcata (Say, 1823)
N
= squalida Meigen, 1826
= semiatra (De Meijere, 1907)
T
Note 3
inquinata Meigen, 1826
N
litorea (Fallén, 1819)
N
lutaria (Fabricius, 1794)
N
= maculipes (Zetterstedt, 1846)
scybalaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
N
spurca Meigen, 1826
N
= suilla (Fabricius, 1794): sensu auct.
Note 4
stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
N
= merdaria (Fabricius, 1794)
Spaziphora Rondani, 1856
= Spathiophora Rondani, 1856: incorrect spelling
hydromyzina (Fallén, 1819)
N
= fallenii (Schiner, 1864)
= falleni (Schiner, 1864): incorrect spelling
= fascipes (Becker, 1894)
Trichopalpus Rondani, 1856
fraternus (Meigen, 1826)
N
Doubtful species
Delina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
nitida (Van der Wulp, 1871)
T
Note 5
Notes
Note 1
Nomenclature follows Michelsen (2001).
Note 2
The synonymy of A. leucochaetum and N. inermis was established by H. de Jong (2000c: 151).
Note 3
The synonymy of S. semiatra and S. furcata was established by H. de Jong (2000c: 153).
Note 4
True identity of Musca suillia was established by Michelsen & O'Hara (2014).
Note 5
Van der Wulp (1871: 186) described this species based on material originating from Breda. The type appears to be lost and as no other material is known that corresponds with Van der Wulp's description it remains unclear which species actually is involved (H. de Jong, 2000c: 149).
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