Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Brachycera > Infraorder Muscomorpha > Section Schizophora > Subsection Calyptrata > Superfamily Muscoidea > Family Scathophagidae > Subfamily Scathophaginae

Scathophaga Meigen, 1803

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amina*	Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830	generic synonym
*Pyropa*	Illiger, 1807	generic synonym
*Scatina*	Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830	generic synonym
*Scatomyza*	Fallén, 1810	generic synonym
*Scatophagella*	Szilady, 1926	generic synonym
*Scopeuma*	Meigen, 1800	generic synonym

Children

Scathophaga analis Meigen, 1803
Scathophaga apicalis Curtis in Ross, 1835
Scathophaga calida Haliday in Curtis, 1832
Scathophaga cineraria Meigen, 1826
Scathophaga cordylurina (Holmgren, 1883)
Scathophaga dalmatica Becker, 1894
Scathophaga fontinalis (Rondani, 1867)
Scathophaga furcata (Say, 1823)
Scathophaga incola Becker, 1900
Scathophaga inquinata Meigen, 1826
Scathophaga intermedia Walker, 1849
Scathophaga janmayeni (Seguy, 1938)
Scathophaga litorea (Fallén, 1819)
Scathophaga lutaria (Fabricius, 1794)
Scathophaga multisetosa (Holmgren, 1883)
Scathophaga nigripalpis Becker, 1907
Scathophaga obscurinervis Becker, 1900
Scathophaga parviceps (Ringdahl, 1936)
Scathophaga pictipennis Oldenberg, 1923
Scathophaga scybalaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scathophaga suilla (Fabricius, 1794)
Scathophaga varipes (Holmgren, 1883)

Literature

original description	Meigen, J. W. (1803). Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Mag. Insektenkd. 2: 259-281.
basis of record	Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 70: 338pp.