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Phoridae

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…

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Phoridae → Apocephalus, Biological Control, British Insects, BugGuide, Dallwitz, Diptera, English, EOL Image GalleryEntomology Research, Excellent, Families, Family Phoridae, Flies, Gallery, Heads, IFAS Featured Creatures, In German, Invasive Fire Ants Lose, LACM, Los Angeles County, Natural History Museum
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Phoridae → An, British Flies, British Insects Vol, Chapman, Diptera Larvae, Disney, Hall, Handbooks, Identification, ISBN, London, Main, Part, Scuttle Flies, Smith, The Phoridae
related to Biology · 13
Phoridae → Although, Because, For, In, Larvae, Lecanicillium, Megaselia, Most, Phorid, Several, Some, The, The Phoridae
related to Species lists · 12
Phoridae → Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog, Check List, Database MOKUROKU Based, Family PHORIDAE, Fauna Europaea, Genera Tables, Japanese Insects, Nearctic, Nomina Insecta Nearctica, Pest Information Wiki, Species, Web Version
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Phoridae → Diptera, Disney, Fragmenta Faunistica, Megaselia, Old, Robinson, Sciadoceridae, Studia

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