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Piophila

Piophila is a genus of small flies which includes the species known as the cheese fly. Both Piophila species feed on carrion, including human corpses.[1][2]

Piophila
Piophila casei
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Piophilidae
Tribe: Piophilini
Genus: Piophila
Fallén, 1810
Type species
Musca casei

Description edit

Piophila are small dark flies with unmarked wings. The setulae (fine hairs) on the thorax are confined to three distinct rows.[3]

Species edit

There are two species in the genus Piophila:[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Prado e Castro, Catarina; Cunha, Eugénia; Serrano, Artur; García, María Dolores (2012). "Piophila megastigmata (Diptera: Piophilidae): First records on human corpses". Forensic Science International. 214: 23–26.
  2. ^ Rochefort, Sabrina; Giroux, Marjolaine; Savage, Jade; Wheeler, Terry A. (2015). "Key to Forensically Important Piophilidae (Diptera) in the Nearctic Region". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 27: 1–37.
  3. ^ McAlpine, J.F. (1977). "A revised classification of the Piophilidae, including 'Neottiophilidae' and 'Thyreophoridae' (Diptera: Schizophora)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 103: 1–66.
  4. ^ Ozerov, A.L. (2004). "On the classification of the family Piophilidae (Diptera)". Entomological Review. 84 (5): 600–608.


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