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    The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly...
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    Megaselia scalaris (category Phoridae)
    fly Megaselia scalaris is a member of the order Diptera and the family Phoridae, and it is widely distributed in warm regions of the world. The family...
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    visit fungus infected male flowers. The larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Phoridae) are almost omnivorous and consume such substances as paint and shoe polish...
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  • ruptures, releasing the fungus's spores. Several species of fly in the family Phoridae parasitise fire ants. The fly injects an egg into the ant's thorax; upon...
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    parasitoids of Arionidae, Limacidae and Philomycidae. Flies in the family Phoridae, specially those in the genus Megaselia, are parasitoids of Agriolimacidae...
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    "Behavior and Host Location Cues of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a Parasitoid of the Giant Tropical Ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera:...
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    swelling, and slurred speech, can be fatal if not treated. Phorid flies, or Phoridae, are a large family of small, hump-backed flies somewhat smaller than vinegar...
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    OCLC 28024976.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) Liston, Andrew (1979). "On Phoridae (Diptera) from Sawfly Cocoons (Hym Symphyta)" (PDF). The Entomologist's...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    Pseudacteon (category Phoridae)
    Pseudacteon is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. There are over 70 described species of Pseudacteon fly. They are also known as ant-decapitating...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    in the former Quercy province of France, the remains of 55 ancient fly (Phoridae) pupae were found preserved with Xenomorphia wasps inside of them, recording...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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  • Ecitoptera (category Phoridae)
    Ecitoptera is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. E. centralis Borgmeier, 1960 E. ciliata Borgmeier, 1923 E. concomitans Borgmeier & Schmitz, 1923...
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    glaucopterus (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Liston, Andrew (1979). "On Phoridae (Diptera) from Sawfly Cocoons (Hym Symphyta)". The Entomologist's Record...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    Apocephalus paraponerae (category Phoridae)
    Apocephalus paraponerae is a species of fly in the family Phoridae discovered by Borgmeier in 1958. This species is a parasitoid of the giant tropical...
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    Euryplatea nanaknihali (category Phoridae)
    for acrobat ants: world's smallest fly is a parasitic phorid (Diptera: Phoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 105(4): 550-554. doi:10...
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    Stylogaster. Other families of flies include some protelean species. Some Phoridae are parasitoids of ants. Some flesh flies are parasitoids: for instance...
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  • Physoptera (category Phoridae)
    Physoptera is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. P. apicinebula (Malloch, 1924) P. membranosa (Borgmeier, 1925) P. parastigmatica Borgmeier, 1966...
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  • Megaselia halterata (category Phoridae)
    halterata) is a species of scuttle fly or hump-backed flies in the family Phoridae. "The mushroom phorid" is also used to refer to M. halterata. Megaselia...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed...
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    Apocephalus borealis (category Phoridae)
    Zombies | LiveScience". Brues, C. T. (1924). "Notes on Some New England Phoridæ (Diptera)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 31: 41–44. doi:10.1155/1924/42175...
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    "Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3 (3): e4368. doi:10.3897/bdj.3.e4368. ISSN 1314-2828...
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  • List of Apocephalus species (category Phoridae)
    cortadeiras (Diptera-Phoridae)". Archivos do Instituto Biologico. 4: 209–228, pls. 21–25. Brues, C. T. (1924). "Notes on Some New England Phoridæ (Diptera)". Psyche:...
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