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Subfamily Phorinae

Representative Images

Scuttle (Phorid) Fly - Chaetopleurophora Scuttle fly? - Diplonevra nitidula - female Phorid - Dohrniphora incisuralis - female Scuttle Fly - Coniceromyia - female Fly - Spiniphora Scuttle fly - Phora scuttle fly - Dohrniphora - female Phorid

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Superfamily Platypezoidea
Family Phoridae (Scuttle Flies)
Subfamily Phorinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

probably paraphyletic group(1)

Works Cited

1.Manual of Central American Diptera
Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by v belov on 15 December, 2014 - 12:27pm
Last updated 16 December, 2014 - 7:35am

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