Piophilidae
Also known as: Cheese Skipper, Cheese Skipper Flies, Cheese Skipper Flies And Allies, Cheese Skipper Flies and Allies, Cheese Skippers, Cheese Skippers and kin, Käsefliegen, Ostefluer
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Diptera |
| Family | Piophilidae |
| Habitat | TERRESTRIAL |
| Genera | 22 |
| Species records held | 92 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 172 |
| GBIF key | 9503 |
Genera in Piophilidae
- Allopiophila — 20 species: Allopiophila arctica, Allopiophila atrifrons, Allopiophila baechlii, Allopiophila calceata, Allopiophila dudai, Allopiophila flavipes, Allopiophila fulviceps, Allopiophila lonchaeoides
- Protopiophila — 13 species: Protopiophila aethiopica, Protopiophila atrichosa, Protopiophila australis, Protopiophila caucasica, Protopiophila contecta, Protopiophila flavifacies, Protopiophila latipes, Protopiophila leucodactyla
- Mycetaulus — 10 species: Mycetaulus asiaticus, Mycetaulus bipunctatus, Mycetaulus confusus, Mycetaulus costalis, Mycetaulus hispanicus, Mycetaulus latipennis, Mycetaulus longipennis, Mycetaulus nigritellus
- Piophila — 10 species: Piophila casei, Piophila increta, Piophila megastigmata, Piophila metallica, Piophila nigra, Piophila nitida, Piophila pallida, Piophila ruficoxa
- Prochyliza — 10 species: Prochyliza azteca, Prochyliza brevicornis, Prochyliza georgekaplani, Prochyliza ignifera, Prochyliza inca, Prochyliza lundbecki, Prochyliza nigricoxa, Prochyliza nigrimanus
- Centrophlebomyia — 4 species: Centrophlebomyia anthropophaga, Centrophlebomyia furcata, Centrophlebomyia grunini, Centrophlebomyia orientalis
- Actenoptera — 3 species: Actenoptera avalona, Actenoptera hilarella, Actenoptera shatalkini
- Neopiophila — 3 species: Neopiophila lituratus, Neopiophila setaluna, Neopiophila uralica
- Piophilosoma — 3 species: Piophilosoma antipodum, Piophilosoma norrisi, Piophilosoma palpatum
- Amphipogon — 2 species: Amphipogon flavus, Amphipogon hyperboreus
- Bocainamyia — 2 species: Bocainamyia hagmannarum, Bocainamyia necrophila
- Neottiophilum — 2 species: Neottiophilum praestrum, Neottiophilum praeustum
- Arctopiophila — 1 species: Arctopiophila vulgaris
- Dasyphlebomyia — 1 species: Dasyphlebomyia stylata
- Diacanthomyia — 1 species: Diacanthomyia okidoi
- Lasiopiophila — 1 species: Lasiopiophila pilosa
- Liopiophila — 1 species: Liopiophila varipesa
- Parapiophila — 1 species: Parapiophila kugluktuk
- Pseudoseps — 1 species: Pseudoseps signata
- Pygopiophila — 1 species: Pygopiophila sikorae
- Stearibia — 1 species: Stearibia nigriceps
- Thyreophora — 1 species: Thyreophora cynophila
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.