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Humpbacked Flies
Phoridae
The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly across a surface rather than taking to the wing. This behaviour is a source of one of their alternate names, scuttle fly. Another vernacular name, coffin fly, refers to Conicera tibialis. About 4,000 species are known in 230 genera. The most well-known species is cosmopolitan Megaselia scalaris. At 0.4 mm in length,...
58 branches of this family, most-observed first
Metopininae
subfamilyMetopininae
Phorinae
subfamilyPhorinae
Sciadocerinae
subfamilySciadocerinae
Chonocephalinae
subfamilyChonocephalinae
Aenigmatiinae
subfamilyAenigmatiinae
Trophodeinus
genusTrophodeinus
Coniceromyia
genusConiceromyia
Abaristophora
genusAbaristophora
Peromitra
genusPeromitra
Hirotophora
genusHirotophora
Pseudohypocera
genusPseudohypocera
Phlebothrix
genusPhlebothrix
Rhyncophoromyia
genusRhyncophoromyia
Myrmosicarius
genusMyrmosicarius
Misotermes
genusMisotermes
Tarsocrates
genusTarsocrates
Wharia
genusWharia
Termitoxenia
genusTermitoxenia
Ecitophora
genusEcitophora
Palpiclavina
genusPalpiclavina
Archiphora
genusArchiphora
Clitelloxenia
genusClitelloxenia
Pseudotermitoxenia
genusPseudotermitoxenia
Thaumatoxena
genusThaumatoxena
Gymnoptera
genusGymnoptera
Tubicera
genusTubicera
Cootiphora
genusCootiphora
Antipodiphora
genusAntipodiphora
Minicosta
genusMinicosta
Bothroprosopa
genusBothroprosopa
Kierania
genusKierania
Plastophora
genusPlastophora
Euryplatea
genusEuryplatea
Brachyselia
genusBrachyselia
Edaphomyia
genusEdaphomyia
Haulepta
genusHaulepta
Quasipseudacteon
genusQuasipseudacteon
Termitophilomyia
genusTermitophilomyia
Syntermitoxenia
genusSyntermitoxenia
Paratermitoxenia
genusParatermitoxenia
Plethysmochaeta
genusPlethysmochaeta
Psyllomyia
genusPsyllomyia
Megapropodiphora
genusMegapropodiphora
Billotia
genusBillotia
Hypocerides
genusHypocerides
Obscuriphora
genusObscuriphora
Poloniphora
genusPoloniphora
Xenotriphleba
genusXenotriphleba
Eurycnemis
genusEurycnemis
Stenophorina
genusStenophorina
Maculiphora
genusMaculiphora
Pericyclocera
genusPericyclocera
Cataclinusa
genusCataclinusa
Vestigipoda
genusVestigipoda
Epacteon
genusEpacteon
Distichophora
genusDistichophora
Macroselia
genusMacroselia
Phoricesa
genusPhoricesa
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 55351.