Sepsidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Subsection: Acalyptratae Superfamily: Sciomyzoidea Family: Sepsidae
Genera
according to ITIS: Orygma Saltella Decachaetophora Enicita Enicomira Meroplius Nemopoda Sepsidimorpha Sepsis (genus) Themira Image File history File links Sepsidae. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... Suborders Nematocera (includes Eudiptera) Brachycera Diptera (di - two, ptera - wings), or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. ... Infraorder Orthorrhapha Cyclorrhapha Muscomorpha Brachycera is a suborder of Diptera. ... Superfamilies Carnoidea Conopoidea Diopsoidea Ephydroidea Lauxanioidea Nerioidea Opomyzoidea Sciomyzoidea Sphaeroceroidea Tephritoidea Acalyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora, commonly referred to as the acalyptrate muscoids (or simply acalpytrates). ... Families    Coelopidae- seaweed flies    Dryomyzidae    Helosciomyzidae    Ropalomeridae    Helcomyzidae    Huttoninidae    Heterocheilidae    Phaeomyiidae    Sepsidae- scavenger flies    Sciomyzidae- marsh flies Categories: | ... Please note that the ITIS system URL has changed (25 September 2006). ...

Sepsidae are a family of flies, commonly called the black scavenger flies or ensign flies. There are approximately 250 species worldwide. They are usually found around dung or decaying plant and animal material.They resemble ants having a "waist" and glossy black body [1]. Many Sepsidae have a curious wing-waving habit made more apparent by dark patches at the wing end. In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Suborders Nematocera (includes Eudiptera) Brachycera Diptera (di - two, ptera - wings), or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Sepsis fulgens

Many species have a very wide distribution, reflecting the coprophagous habit of most Sepsidae. Some species have been spread over large territories in association with livestock. Adult flies are found mostly on animal and human excrement (less often on other rotting organic matter), where eggs are laid and larvae develop, and on nearby vegetation, carrion, fermenting tree sap, and shrubs and herbs. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1386x969, 82 KB) Sepsis fulgens Source : http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1386x969, 82 KB) Sepsis fulgens Source : http://www. ... Coprophagia is the consumption of feces, from the Greek copro (feces) and phagy (eat). ... Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) In humans, defecation may occur (depending on the individual and the circumstances) from once every two or three days to several times a day. ... A larval insect A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ...

Many Sepsidae apparently play an important biological role as decomposers of animal excrement. Some species may have a limited hygienic importance because of their association with human feces. Others are useful tools in forensic entomology. Forensic entomology is the science and study of insects and other arthropods related to legal investigations. ...

Identification

• Duda, O. 1926 Monographie der Sepsiden (Dipt.). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 39 (1925): 1-153 and 40 (1926) : 1-110.

This work is partly out of date but still the only review of world genera. For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ...

• Willi Hennig, 1949: 39a. Sepsidae. In Erwin Lindner : Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, Bd. V: 1-91, Textfig. 1-81a-d, Taf. I-X, Stuttgart.The only comprehensive work on Palaearctic genera and species.
• Adrian C. Pont and Rudolf Meier The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica Volume 37.

198 pages. ISBN 90-04-12477-2 Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x652, 487 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sepsidae ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x652, 487 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sepsidae ... Erwin Lindner ( 1888 – 1988 ) was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years. ... The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth surface (see map). ... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...

• A.L. Ozerov Sepsid Flies (Diptera, Sepsidae) of Russia's Fauna. Studies on the fauna; Archives of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University: Zool. Mus. Moscow. Univ. Publ.Language: Russian, title, contents and a summary in English. 184 pages.

A very well illustrated guide to all 57 species from 11 genera of Sepsidae flies occurring in Russia, with keys to adults and pre-imaginal stages, and accounts concerning anatomy, phylogeny and distribution.

• Silva, V. C. . Revisao da familia Sepsidae na regiao Neotropical. Iii. Os generos Palaeosepsis Duda, 1926, Archisepsis Gen. N. e Microsepsis Gen. N., Chave para os Generos Neotropicais (Diptera, Schizophora).. Iheringia. Série Zoologia, v. 75, p. 117-170, 1993.

• Silva, V. C. . Revision of yhe family Sepsidae of the Neotropical region. ii. The genus Meropliosepsis Duda, 1926 (Diptera, Schizophora). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 36, n. 3, p. 549-552, 1992.

World Catalogue

Ozerov, A.L. World catalogue of the family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania (Zoological Studies), No. 8 (ISSN 1025-532X)

Species lists

• West Palaearctic including Russia
• Nearctic
• Australasian/Oceanian
• Japan

External links

• Black Scavenger Fly - diagnostic photographs
• Family description and images
• European (including Russia and Turkey) List
• Images of Sepsidae on Diptera.info