| Anevrina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Phoridae |
| Subfamily: | Phorinae |
| Genus: | Anevrina Lioy, 1864 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Phora urbana | |
| Synonyms [3] | |
Anevrina is a genus of phorid flies circumscribed by the Italian naturalist Paolo Lioy in 1864.
A 2010 paper by the entomologists Paul T. Smith and Brian V. Brown recognized the following extant species: [7]
As of 2018 [update] , Fossilworks recognizes the following fossil species: [18]
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, the world's smallest fly is the phorid Euryplatea nanaknihali.
The Lauxaniidae are a family of acalyptrate flies. They generally are small flies with large compound eyes that often are brightly coloured in life, sometimes with characteristic horizontal stripes, such as in Cestrotus species. Many species have variegated patterns on their wings, but in contrast they generally do not have variegated bodies, except for genera such as Cestrotus, whose camouflage mimics lichens or the texture of granitic rocks.
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They got their name from the similarity of their, often, prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe.
Fannia is a very large genus of approximately 288 species of flies. The genus was originally described by the French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830. A number of species were formerly placed in the genus Musca.
Suillia is a genus of flies in the family Heleomyzidae. There are at least 130 described species in Suillia.
The Metopininae are a subfamily of flies in the family Phoridae.
Colobaea is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Phorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Phoridae. There are at least 90 described species in Phorinae.
Tetanocerini is a tribe of flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 120 described species in the tribe.
Phora is a genus of scuttle flies. There are at least 90 described species in Phora.
Sciomyzini is a tribe of flies in the family Sciomyzidae.
Sciomyzinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Sciomyzidae.
Microsania is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Beckerina is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae.
The Metopininae is a tribe of flies in the family Phoridae.
Diocophora is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae.
Metopina is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae.
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