Piophila | |
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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 |
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 are small dark flies with unmarked wings. The setulae (fine hairs) on the thorax are confined to three distinct rows. [3]
There are two species in the genus Piophila: [4]
Piophila | |
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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 |
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 are small dark flies with unmarked wings. The setulae (fine hairs) on the thorax are confined to three distinct rows. [3]
There are two species in the genus Piophila: [4]