Piophila

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Piophila casei
Piophila casei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Family: Piophilidae
Genus: Piophila

Piophila is a genus of small two-winged flies which includes the species known as the Cheese fly.

[edit] Species

  • Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758), the cheese fly.
  • Piophila penicillata (Steyskal, 1964)
  • Piophila senescens (Melander and Spuler, 1917) (junior synonym - Piophila nigriceps (Macquart, 1851))
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