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...

called the laboratory fly) is a member of the order Diptera and the family Phoridae, and it is widely distributed in warm regions of the world. The family...

visit fungus infected male flowers. The larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Phoridae) are almost omnivorous and consume such substances as paint and shoe polish...

Dohrniphora cornuta is a cosmopolitan species of scuttle fly (Phoridae). This species can be distinguished from others of its genus by its dark brown scutum...

flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...

a section of the Brachycera. Two large families, the Syrphidae and the Phoridae, and a number of smaller taxa are in this group. They are similar to most...

parasitoids of Arionidae, Limacidae and Philomycidae. Flies in the family Phoridae, specially those in the genus Megaselia, are parasitoids of Agriolimacidae...

tricuspis is a species of the Pseudateon genus and a member of the family Phoridae, which is commonly called scuttle flies, humped-back flies, and phorid...

family Phoridae). It has been witnessed attacking ants of the genus Camponotus. Malloch, J.R. (1912). "The insects of the dipterous family Phoridae in the...

flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...