Rhinophoridae is a family of flies (Diptera), commonly known as Woodlouse Flies,[2] found in all zoogeographic regions except Oceania, but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions.
They are small, slender, black, bristly flies phylogenetically close to the Tachinidae, although some authors consider them a sister group of the Calliphoridae. The larvae are mostly parasitoids of woodlice, beetles, spiders, and other arthropods, and occasionally snails.
By 2020, about 33 genera were placed in the family, with a total 177 species.[3]
Genera include:[3]
Rhinophoridae is a family of flies (Diptera), commonly known as Woodlouse Flies, found in all zoogeographic regions except Oceania, but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions.
They are small, slender, black, bristly flies phylogenetically close to the Tachinidae, although some authors consider them a sister group of the Calliphoridae. The larvae are mostly parasitoids of woodlice, beetles, spiders, and other arthropods, and occasionally snails.
By 2020, about 33 genera were placed in the family, with a total 177 species.
Genera include:
Acompomintho Villeneuve, 1927 Apomorphyto Cerretti, Lo Giudice & Pape, 2014 Aporeomyia Pape & Shima, 1993 Axinia Colless, 1994 Azaisia Villeneuve, 1939 Baniassa Kugler, 1978 Bezzimyia Townsend, 1919 Bixinia Cerretti, Lo Giudice & Pape, 2014 Comoromyia Crosskey, 1977 Kinabalumyia Cerretti & Pape, 2020 Macrotarsina Schiner, 1857 Malayia Malloch, 1926 Marshallicona Cerretti & Pape, 2020 Maurhinophora Cerretti & Pape, 2020 Melanomyoides Crosskey, 1977 Melanophora Meigen, 1803 Metoplisa Kugler, 1978 Neotarsina Cerretti & Pape, 2020 Oplisa Rondani, 1862 Parazamimus Verbeke, 1962 Paykullia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Phyto Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Queximyia Crosskey, 1977 Rhinodonia Cerretti, Lo Giudice & Pape, 2014 Rhinomorinia Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1889 Rhinopeza Cerretti, Lo Giudice & Pape, 2014 Rhinophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Shannoniella Townsend, 1939 Stevenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Tricogena Rondani, 1856 Tromodesia Rondani, 1856 Trypetidomima Townsend, 1919 Ventrops Crosskey, 1977