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Scatopsidae
| Description | The minute black scavenger flies or "dung midges", are a family, Scatopsidae, of nematoceran flies. Despite being distributed throughout the world, they form 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 5 mm), generally similar to black flies (Simuliidae), but usually lacking the humped thorax characteristic of that family. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatopsidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Scatopsidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | minute black scavenger fly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Scatopsidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Entomol. Mag., 2: 379, 387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 19 (48%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Minute Black Scavenger Fly, Hyperoscelidid Gnats, Minute Black Scavenger Flies, Dung Midges, Dyngmyggor, Gjødselmygg, Mestmuggen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatopsidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ectaetiinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Psectrosciarinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Scatopsinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 21 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Abrhexosa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Akorhexoza genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anapausis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apiloscatopse genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Arthria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspistes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aztecatopse genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Brahemyia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coboldia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colobostema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cooka genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Diamphidicus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dicrostolis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ectaetia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Efcookella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ferneiella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Hawomersleya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Holoplagia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lumpuria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Neorhegmoclemina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Paraectaetia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pararhexosa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parascatopse genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parmaferia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pharsoreichertella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Procolobostema ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Psacotes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Psectrosciara genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Quateiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Reichertella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Rhegmoclema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhegmoclemina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Rhexoza genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Scatopse genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Scatopsini genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Swammerdamella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Thripomorpha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Hyperoscelididae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Hyperoscelididae |
| Corynoscelididae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Corynoscelididae |
| Hyperoscelidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Hyperoscelidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1835 | Scatopsidae Newman p. 387 |
| 1992 | Scatopsidae Carpenter |
| 2007 | Scatopsidae Yeates et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
