| Puliciphora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Phoridae |
| Subfamily: | Metopininae |
| Genus: | Puliciphora Dahl, 1897 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 110 species | |
Puliciphora is a genus of scuttle flies (insects in the family Phoridae). There are at least 110 described species in Puliciphora. [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.
Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family, the winged species can fly at least reasonably well, though others with vestigial or no wings are flightless and highly apomorphic. As usual in their superfamily Hippoboscoidea, most of the larval development takes place within the mother's body, and pupation occurs almost immediately.
The Metopininae are a subfamily of flies in the family Phoridae.
Dohrniphora incisuralis is a species of scuttle flies.
Dohrniphora is a genus of scuttle flies. There are at least 240 described species in Dohrniphora.
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.
Rafaelia is a genus of flesh flies. There are about nine described extant species in Rafaelia.
Pericoma is a genus of moth flies in the family Psychodidae. There are at least 190 described species in Pericoma.
Puliciphora borinquenensis is a species of scuttle flies.
Apocephalus is a genus of ant-decapitating flies. There are at least 300 described species in Apocephalus.
Chonocephalus is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae.
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