Summary ⁴

The minute black scavenger flies or "dung midges", Scatopsidae, is a family of Nematoceran flies. Despite being distributed throughout the world, it is quite a small family with only around 250 described species in 27 genera although many await description and doubtless even more await discovery. These are generally small, sometimes minute, dark flies (from 0.6 to 5mm), generally similar to black flies (Simuliidae) but usually lacking the humped thorax characteristic of that family.

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1. (c) Miroslav Deml, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/105730.jpg
2. (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by C. Mallory
3. (c) Even Dankowicz, all rights reserved, uploaded by Even Dankowicz
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatopsidae

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Field/Photo ID for Flies
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Systema Dipterorum

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