- Animals
- ›Arthropods
- ›Hexapods
- ›Insects
- ›Winged and Once-winged Insects
- ›Flies
- ›Brachyceran Flies
- ›Cyclorrhaphan Flies
- ›Schizophoran Flies
- ›Acalyptrate Flies
- ›Ephydroidea
- ›Vinegar and Fruit Flies
- ›Drosophilinae
Scaptomyza
Scaptomyza is a genus of vinegar flies in the family Drosophilidae. As of 2025, there are currently 274 described species of Scaptomyza. Of those, 149 are endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago. This genus is part of the species-rich lineage of Hawaiian Drosophilidae, and is the sister lineage to the endemic Hawaiian Drosophila. The genus Scaptomyza is one of several nested within the genus Drosophila, rendering it paraphyletic.
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Parascaptomyza
subgenusParascaptomyza
Scaptomyza
subgenusScaptomyza
Scaptomyza fuscitarsis
speciesScaptomyza fuscitarsis
Hemiscaptomyza
subgenusHemiscaptomyza
Tantalia
subgenusTantalia
Grimshawomyia
subgenusGrimshawomyia
Bunostoma
subgenusBunostoma
Titanochaeta
subgenusTitanochaeta
Elmomyza
subgenusElmomyza
Exalloscaptomyza
subgenusExalloscaptomyza
Scaptomyza gracilis
speciesScaptomyza gracilis
Scaptomyza improcera
speciesScaptomyza improcera
Scaptomyza magnipalpa
speciesScaptomyza magnipalpa
Scaptomyza prolixa
speciesScaptomyza prolixa
Scaptomyza punctiscutata
speciesScaptomyza punctiscutata
Scaptomyza ruficornis
speciesScaptomyza ruficornis
Scaptomyza spiculipennis
speciesScaptomyza spiculipennis
Scaptomyza taractica
speciesScaptomyza taractica
Scaptomyza totonigra
speciesScaptomyza totonigra
Scaptomyza vinnula
speciesScaptomyza vinnula
Metascaptomyza
subgenusMetascaptomyza
Rosenwaldia
subgenusRosenwaldia
Scaptomyza dominicana
speciesScaptomyza dominicana
Trogloscaptomyza
subgenusTrogloscaptomyza
Dentiscaptomyza
subgenusDentiscaptomyza
Celidosoma
subgenusCelidosoma
Boninoscaptomyza
subgenusBoninoscaptomyza
Alloscaptomyza
subgenusAlloscaptomyza
Engiscaptomyza
subgenusEngiscaptomyza
Euscaptomyza
subgenusEuscaptomyza
Lauxanomyza
subgenusLauxanomyza
Macroscaptomyza
subgenusMacroscaptomyza
Mesoscaptomyza
subgenusMesoscaptomyza
Scaptomyza parva
speciesScaptomyza parva
Scaptomyza pygaea
speciesScaptomyza pygaea
Scaptomyza biseta
speciesScaptomyza biseta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Scaptomyza in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 210333.