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Black Scavenger Flies
Sepsidae
The Sepsidae are a family of flies, commonly called the black scavenger flies or ensign flies. Over 300 species are described worldwide. They are usually found around dung or decaying plant and animal material. Many species resemble ants, having a "waist" and glossy black body. Many Sepsidae have a curious wing-waving habit made more apparent by dark patches at the wing end.
23 branches of this family, most-observed first
Sepsis
genusSepsis
Nemopoda
genusNemopoda
Parapalaeosepsis
genusParapalaeosepsis
Saltella
genusSaltella
Lasionemopoda
genusLasionemopoda
Themira
genusThemira
Dicranosepsis
genusDicranosepsis
Toxopoda
genusToxopoda
Allosepsis
genusAllosepsis
Orygma
genusOrygma
Paratoxopoda
genusParatoxopoda
Australosepsis
genusAustralosepsis
Meroplius
genusMeroplius
Microsepsis
genusMicrosepsis
Archisepsis
genusArchisepsis
Decachaetophora
genusDecachaetophora
Brachythoracosepsis
genusBrachythoracosepsis
Ortalischema
genusOrtalischema
Palaeosepsis
genusPalaeosepsis
Perochaeta
genusPerochaeta
Zuskamira
genusZuskamira
Pseudonemopoda
genusPseudonemopoda
Mucha
genusMucha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 70140.