Ectaetia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Scatopsidae |
Subfamily: | Ectaetiinae |
Genus: | Ectaetia |
Species | |
Ectaetia is a small genus of minute black scavenger flies (the family Scatopsidae).[2] Known species are found in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Oriental, and Neotropical biogeographic realms.[3] Adults of Ectaetia species are generally shiny and black, up to 7 mm long.[3]