Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912
(ladybird parasite scuttle flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Phalacrotophora beuki
(A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly)
Species 1 ident. refs
Phalacrotophora delageae
a fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Phalacrotophora fasciata
a scuttle fly
Pupa (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 9 images
Phalacrotophora harveyi
a ladybird parasite scuttlefly
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
FamilyPHORIDAE (scuttle flies)
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Disney, R.H.L. & Beuk, P.L.Th. 1997 European Phalacrotophora (Diptera: Phoridae) Ent. Gazette Vol 48: 185-192.

Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 27 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
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