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Family Piophilidae - Cheese skippers and kin

Piophilid - Prochyliza xanthostoma Tiny Fly on Carcass unknown fly - Mycetaulus Fly ID Request - Prochyliza xanthostoma Skipper Fly - Prochyliza brevicornis Skipper Fly Interactions - Prochyliza xanthostoma Skipper Fly Interactions - Prochyliza xanthostoma Fly (Anthomyzidae?)
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Acalyptratae)
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Piophilidae (Cheese skippers and kin)
Explanation of Names
"The family is named for the larvae, which can jump quite a distance by grasping their "tail" in their mouth and then suddenly releasing it. They generally breed in rancid fats." - Eric Eaton
Numbers
Nearctica lists 14 genera with 41 species.
Internet References
Wikipedia
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 1 December, 2006 - 5:49pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 6 February, 2007 - 8:46pm

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