Scathophaginae
Guides
Ceratinostoma
Ceratinostoma is a genus of dung flies in the family Scathophagidae, established by Meade in 1885. The genus contains at least one described species, C. ostiorum. These flies belong to a family whose larvae primarily develop in dung or decaying organic matter. The genus has been recorded from northern Europe including Norway and Sweden.
Cordilura munda
Cordilura munda is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae, first described by Friedrich Hermann Loew in 1870. The species belongs to the tribe Cordilurini within the subfamily Scathophaginae. As a member of this family, it is associated with dung and decaying organic matter habitats. Specific ecological details remain poorly documented in published literature.
Gimnomera cerea
Gimnomera cerea is a Nearctic dung fly (family Scathophagidae) with a highly specialized life history tied to its host plant, Pedicularis canadensis. The species has a single annual generation synchronized to the flowering phenology of this hemiparasitic plant. Larvae are herbivorous, feeding on ovules and capsules, while adults of both sexes are predaceous on small insects. The species undergoes protracted diapause in soil puparia, an adaptation likely linked to the ephemeral availability of host plant reproductive tissues.
Gimnomera tibialis
Gimnomera tibialis is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae, originally described as Dasypleuron tibialis by Malloch in 1919. The species belongs to a genus of flies associated with dung and decomposing organic matter. As a member of Scathophagidae, it is part of a family commonly known as dung flies or yellow dung flies, though detailed ecological and behavioral information specific to this species remains limited in available sources.
Hydromyza confluens
dung fly
Hydromyza confluens is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae, described by Loew in 1863. The species belongs to a family whose larvae typically develop in dung or decaying organic matter, though specific biological details for this species remain poorly documented in accessible literature. Available sources provide only basic taxonomic information without substantive data on its ecology, behavior, or life history.