Piophila
Genus of flies
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Piophila is a genus of small flies which includes the species known as the cheese fly. Both Piophila species feed on carrion, including human corpses.[1][2]
| Piophila | |
|---|---|
| |
| Piophila casei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Piophilidae |
| Tribe: | Piophilini |
| Genus: | Piophila Fallén, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Musca casei | |
Description
Species
There are two species in the genus Piophila:[4]
- Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758), the cheese fly
- Piophila megastigmata J. McAlpine, 1978
