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Rhinophoridae sp.

Rhinophoridae sp.


Family: Rhinophoridae
Order: Diptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Rhinophorinae is a subfamily 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, formally many authors considered them a family, they are now a subfamily in 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: 
  • 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
  • Oxytachina Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1891
  • 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, 1935
  • Ventrops Crosskey, 1977

Source: Wikipedia, article Rhinophoridae sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
110929621/09/2019MexicoDistrito FederalJardín Botánico, Reserva Ecológica del Pedregal de San Ángel (repsa)Eduardo Nadal
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Rhinophoridae sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.