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Ectaetia
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Ectaetia

Ectaetia is a small genus of minute black scavenger flies (the family Scatopsidae). Known species are found in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Oriental, and Neotropical biogeographic realms. Adults of Ectaetia species are generally shiny and black, up to 7 mm long.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ectaetia clavipes

speciesEctaetia clavipes

Ectaetia platyscelis

speciesEctaetia platyscelis

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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 631288.