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Family Phoridae - Scuttle Flies

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Additions to the phorid chapter in the "Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Vol.2" (Diptera: Phoridae)

By Brown B.V.
Can. Entomol. 120: 307–322, 1988

Contributed by v belov on 7 June, 2023 - 4:51pm

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Revision of the North American phorid flies. Pt 1. The Phorinae, Aenigmatiinae and Metopiinae, except Megaselia (Dip.: Phoridae)

By Borgmeier T.
Studia Entomologica 6: 1-256, 1963

Contributed by v belov on 7 June, 2023 - 4:47pm

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Scuttle Flies: The Phoridae

By Disney RHL
Springer Dordrecht, 1994

ebook for purchase (as a whole or as individual chapters)

Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 22 January, 2023 - 2:28pm

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New morphological characters for classifying Phoridae (Diptera) from the structure of the thorax

By Brown BV, de Souza Amorim D, Kung G-A
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 173, 424–485, 2015

links to PDF here and here
https://doi.org/10.1111/ZOJ.12208

Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 19 September, 2021 - 1:35pm

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Generic revision of Phoridae of the Nearctic Region and phylogenetic classification...

By Brown B
The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Volume 124 Supplement S164, 1992

full title is Generic revision of Phoridae of the Nearctic Region and phylogenetic classification of Phoridae, Sciadoceridae, and Ironomyiidae (Diptera: Phoridea)

paywalled PDF

Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 8 September, 2021 - 10:55am

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Revision of the Apocephalus pergandei-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae)

By Brown, B.V.
Contributions in Science, 496: 1-58, 2002

This paper can be downloaded, along with many more of Brian's papers, at http://phorid.net/pubs/

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 2 June, 2014 - 10:15pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Metopininae » Trophodeinus

Striking sexual dimorphism and its taxonomic consequences among New World phorid flies

By Brian Brown
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 1986

Brown, B. (1986): Striking sexual dimorphism and its taxonomic consequences among New World phorid flies. - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88: 787-788. Available @ BHL.

Contributed by Bjoern Rulik on 7 September, 2017 - 4:11am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Metopininae » Fire Ant Decapitating Flies (Pseudacteon)

A review of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize ants of the Solenopsis geminata complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

By Plowes R.M., LeBrun E.G., Brown B.V., Gilbert L.E.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 102: 937-958, 2009

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Contributed by v belov on 15 May, 2012 - 12:04pm

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