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PHORIDAE (scuttle flies)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Phoridae Imago 9 August 1997 Berks England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #refs #webs
Genus Megaselia    
Species Megaselia lutescens (Wood) (a scuttle fly) 2  
Species Phalacrotophora berolinensis Schmitz (a scuttle fly)   8
Species Phalacrotophora fasciata (Fallen) (a scuttle fly)   18

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Disney, R.H.L., 1983 Scuttle Flies, Diptera, Phoridae (except Megaselia)

General Works

Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1955 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 2: misc. records of Phoridae, Larvaevoridae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and Eulophidae (Hym.)

PHORIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

PHORIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Phoridae listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with PHORIDAE:

Phoridae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

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