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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Piophilidae |
| Tribe: | Piophilini |
| Genus: | Piophila Fallén, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Musca casei | |
Description
editPiophila are small dark flies with unmarked wings. The setulae (fine hairs) on the thorax are confined to three distinct rows.[3]
Species
editThere are two species in the genus Piophila:[4]
- Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758), the cheese fly
- Piophila megastigmata J. McAlpine, 1978
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ozerov, A.L. (2004). "On the classification of the family Piophilidae (Diptera)". Entomological Review. 84 (5): 600–608.
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