| Puliciphora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 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.
Hybomitra is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. There are at least 240 described species in Hybomitra.
The Ropalomeridae are a family of acalyptrate flies.
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.
Puliciphora borinquenensis is a species of scuttle flies.
Apocephalus coquilletti is a species of scuttle flies.
Apocephalus is a genus of ant-decapitating flies. There are at least 300 described species in Apocephalus.
The Metopininae is a tribe of flies in the family Phoridae.
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