Piophila

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

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.

Description

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

Species

There are two species in the genus Piophila:

References

  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.