| Dohrniphora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Phoridae |
| Subfamily: | Phorinae |
| Genus: | Dohrniphora Dahl, 1898 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 240 species | |
Dohrniphora is a genus of scuttle flies (insects in the family Phoridae). There are at least 240 described species in Dohrniphora. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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 flight. 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 Metopininae are a subfamily of flies in the family Phoridae.
Dohrniphora incisuralis is a species of scuttle flies.
Gymnophora luteiventris is a species of scuttle flies.
Gymnophora is a genus of scuttle flies. There are at least 60 described species in Gymnophora.
Phalacrotophora epeirae is a species of scuttle flies.
Phalacrotophora is a genus of scuttle flies. There are at least 50 described species in Phalacrotophora.
Megaselia globipyga is a species of scuttle flies.
Phalacrotophora longifrons is a species of scuttle flies.
Megaselia rufipes, the coffin fly, is a species of scuttle flies.
Lecanocerus is a genus of scuttle flies. There is at least one described species in Lecanocerus, L. compressiceps.
Megaselia aurea is a species of scuttle flies.
Puliciphora borinquenensis is a species of scuttle flies.
Puliciphora is a genus of scuttle flies. There are at least 110 described species in Puliciphora.
Apocephalus is a genus of ant-decapitating flies. There are at least 300 described species in Apocephalus.
Thomas Borgmeier was a German-Brazilian priest and entomologist and became a specialist on the ants of Brazil and on the flies in the family Phoridae. He was also the founder of the journals Revista de Entomologia edited it from 1931 to 1951 and the Studia Entomologica from 1958.
The Metopininae is a tribe of flies in the family Phoridae.
Cremersia is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae.
Dacnophora is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae.
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