Dung-decomposition

Guides

• Neomyia

  False Greenbottles

  Neomyia is a genus of flies in the family Muscidae, commonly known as False Greenbottles. The genus includes species such as Neomyia cornicina, a coprophagous dung fly that inhabits cattle dung and has been extensively studied as a non-target organism affected by veterinary pharmaceuticals in livestock waste. Species in this genus exhibit thermophilous behavior and adapt their spatial and temporal distribution to climatic conditions.

  Muscidaedung-flycoprophagousecotoxicologyveterinary-pharmaceutical-effectsthermophilousnon-target-organismlivestock-wastedung-decomposition

• Neomyia cornicina

  Small False Greenbottle

  Neomyia cornicina is a common coprophagous muscid fly native to the Palaearctic region, with introduced populations in the Nearctic. Adults and larvae feed on cattle dung, contributing to dung decomposition. The species is frequently used as a model organism in ecotoxicological studies examining the effects of veterinary pharmaceuticals on non-target dung fauna.

  coprophagousdung-flyecotoxicologyveterinary-pharmaceutical-effectsPalaearcticintroduced-speciesMuscidaedung-decompositionnon-target-speciesmodel-organism

• Onitini

  Onitini is a tribe of dung beetles within Scarabaeidae, erected by Frederic William Hope. The tribe comprises approximately 18 genera including the type genus Onitis and the diverse genus Cheironitis. Members are primarily distributed across arid regions of the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions, with some species extending into the Oriental region. These beetles are associated with dung decomposition in dryland ecosystems.

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