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Checklist for Family Scatopsidae Newman, 1834 (Dung midges)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
625
10660
39198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
622
10652
39182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
597
10495
38766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
380
8377
33824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
93
1111
3790
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
295
1343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Psychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
3
23
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scatopsoidea
Newman, 1834
1
6
8
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScatopsidae
Newman, 1834
Dung midges, Hyperoscelidid gnats, Scavenger flies
6
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
6 Genera with 8 Species
Colobostema Enderlein, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Parascatopse Cook, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Psectrosciara Kieffer, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Rhegmoclema Enderlein, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Rhegmoclemina Enderlein, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Rhexoza Enderlein, 19621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
8 Species
Colobostema maximum Haenni, 1993
Parascatopse flavitarsis Haenni, 2006
Psectrosciara brunnescens Brunetti, 1911
Psectrosciara mahensis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Psectrosciara brunnescens Brunetti, 1911
Rhegmoclema blantoni Cook, 1955
Rhegmoclema rufithorax Enderlein, 1912
Rhegmoclemina botulus Haenni, 2007
Rhexoza processa Cook, 1962

Subnodes of Scatopsidae with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
SubfamilyPsectrosciarinae
Cook, 1963
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScatopsinae
Newman, 1834
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Scatopsidae at artfakta.se
Scatopsidae at dyntaxa.se
Scatopsidae at gbif.org
Scatopsidae at irmng.org
Scatopsidae at itis.gov