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...

Melaloncha is a genus of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) commonly referred to as "bee-killing flies". They are found almost exclusively in the Neotropical...

fly Megaselia scalaris is a member of the order Diptera and the family Phoridae, and it is widely distributed in warm regions of the world. The family...

Myriophora is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. M. aequaliseta (Borgmeier, 1963) M. alexandrae Hash & Brown, 2015 M. alienipennis Hash & Brown,...

visit fungus infected male flowers. The larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Phoridae) are almost omnivorous and consume such substances as paint and shoe polish...

Neodohrniphora is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. N. acromyrmecis Borgmeier, 1925 N. arcuata Brown, 2001 N. arnaudi Borgmeier, 1966 N. attae Disney...

Pseudacteon is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. There are over 70 described species of Pseudacteon fly. They are also known as ant-decapitating...

"Behavior and Host Location Cues of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a Parasitoid of the Giant Tropical Ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera:...

parasitoids of Arionidae, Limacidae and Philomycidae. Flies in the family Phoridae, specially those in the genus Megaselia, are parasitoids of Agriolimacidae...

Dohrniphora cornuta is a cosmopolitan species of scuttle fly (Phoridae). This species can be distinguished from others of its genus by its dark brown scutum...