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    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...
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    OCLC 28024976.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) Liston, Andrew (1979). "On Phoridae (Diptera) from Sawfly Cocoons (Hym Symphyta)" (PDF). The Entomologist's...
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    visit fungus infected male flowers. The larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Phoridae) are almost omnivorous and consume such substances as paint and shoe polish...
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  • Pseudacteon tricuspis (category Phoridae)
    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...
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    Megaselia scalaris (category Phoridae)
    fly Megaselia scalaris is a member of the order Diptera and the family Phoridae, and it is widely distributed in warm regions of the world. The family...
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    "Behavior and Host Location Cues of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a Parasitoid of the Giant Tropical Ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera:...
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  • Phalacrotophora epeirae (category Phoridae)
    Phalacrotophora epeirae is a species of scuttle flies (insects in the family Phoridae). Brues, C.T. (1902). "Notes on the larvae of some Texan Diptera". Psyche:...
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    Dohrniphora cornuta (category Phoridae)
    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...
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    Apocephalus paraponerae (category Phoridae)
    Apocephalus paraponerae is a species of fly in the family Phoridae discovered by Borgmeier in 1958. This species is a parasitoid of the giant tropical...
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    parasitoids of Arionidae, Limacidae and Philomycidae. Flies in the family Phoridae, specially those in the genus Megaselia, are parasitoids of Agriolimacidae...
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  • Borophaga (category Phoridae)
    "Brown, B.V. 1992. Generic revision of Phoridae of the Nearctic Region and phylogenetic classification of Phoridae, Sciadoceridae, and Ironomyiidae (Diptera:...
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    glaucopterus (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Liston, Andrew (1979). "On Phoridae (Diptera) from Sawfly Cocoons (Hym Symphyta)". The Entomologist's Record...
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    swelling, and slurred speech, can be fatal if not treated. Phorid flies, or Phoridae, are a large family of small, hump-backed flies somewhat smaller than vinegar...
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    "Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3 (3): e4368. doi:10.3897/bdj.3.e4368. ISSN 1314-2828...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    Pseudacteon (category Phoridae)
    Pseudacteon is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. There are over 70 described species of Pseudacteon fly. They are also known as ant-decapitating...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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  • Megaselia nigra (category Phoridae)
    a species of scuttle fly (also called hump-backed flies) in the family Phoridae. Megaselia species are common pests of mushroom cultivation, attracted...
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  • Stenophorina (category Phoridae)
    family Phoridae. Stenophorina petiolata Borgmeier, 1963 Borgmeier, T. (1963). "Revision of the North American Phorid Flies. Part 1. (Dipt. Phoridae)". Studia...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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  • Phalacrotophora longifrons (category Phoridae)
    species of scuttle flies (insects in the family Phoridae). Brues, C.T. (1906). "Two new species of Phoridae". Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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  • Physoptera (category Phoridae)
    Physoptera is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. P. apicinebula (Malloch, 1924) P. membranosa (Borgmeier, 1925) P. parastigmatica Borgmeier, 1966...
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    in the former Quercy province of France, the remains of 55 ancient fly (Phoridae) pupae were found preserved with Xenomorphia wasps inside of them, recording...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    They are thought to be obligate termitophiles. Some flies in the family Phoridae are termitophilous and grow as larvae within the termite nests. Some species...
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  • of Phoridae. His collections are in Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht [1] (Diptera and Hymenoptera) Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn (world Phoridae and...
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