Allopiophila | |
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Allopiophila luteata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Piophilidae |
Tribe: | Piophilini |
Genus: | Allopiophila Hendel, 1917 [1] |
Type species | |
Musca Piophila | |
Synonyms | |
Allopiophila is a genus of small flies in the family Piophilidae.
Sphaeroceridae are a family of true flies in the order Diptera, often called small dung flies, lesser dung flies or lesser corpse flies due to their saprophagous habits. They belong to the typical fly suborder Brachycera as can be seen by their short antennae, and more precisely they are members of the section Schizophora. There are over 1,300 species and about 125 genera accepted as valid today, but new taxa are still being described.
The Dryomyzidae are a small family of flies ranging from 4–18 mm long, with prominent bristles, and yellow to brown or rust-yellow coloring. The wings are very large. The subcosta is complete and well separated from vein 1. Larvae feed on decaying organic matter - carrion, dung, and fungi. The prelambrum protrudes from the oral cavity. Vibrissae are absent and the postvertical bristles are divergent.
Sepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Themira is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Ischiolepta is a genus of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies.
Limosininae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies.
Coproica is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Elachisoma is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Gonioneura is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Minilimosina is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Rachispoda is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Pseudocollinella is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Pteremis is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Pterogramma is a genus of flies belonging to the family of the Lesser Dung flies.
Pullimosina is a genus of flies in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies.
Tetanocerini is a tribe of flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 120 described species in the tribe.
Tetanocera is a genus of marsh flies, insects in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 50 described species in Tetanocera.
Sciomyzinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Sciomyzidae.