Dohrniphora cornuta
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| Dohrniphora cornuta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Phoridae |
| Genus: | Dohrniphora |
| Species: | D. cornuta |
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| Dohrniphora cornuta (Bigot, 1857) | |
Dohrniphora cornuta is a cosmopolitan species of scuttle fly (Phoridae).[1][2]
This species can be distinguished from others of its genus by its dark brown scutum and the mid tibia having a dorsal hair palisade along roughly one-third of its length. In males, the hind coxa has a round lobe that protrudes posteriorly, while the inner face of the hind femur has 4–6 peg-like setae on a basal sensory area and 10–20 hairs near the dorsobasal margin.[1][2]
Males are 2.26–2.86 mm long, while females are slightly larger at 2.87–3.70 mm.[1]
