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Checklist for Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833 (Coffin Flies)
and region England (Great Britain, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
814
10533
30513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
812
10526
30505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
740
10258
29944
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
456
8410
26271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
121
1893
7984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
91
1281
5095
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
68
975
3936
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
5
155
811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Phoroidea
Curtis, 1833
1
34
286
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhoridae
Curtis, 1833
Coffin Flies, Hump-backed Flies, Humpbacked flies, Phorids
34
286
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for England
34 Genera with 286 Species
#ABCDGHLMOPSTW
Aenigmatias Meinert, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Anevrina Lioy, 18306SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1993Ant-decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Archiphora Schmitz, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Beckerina Lehmanni End..., 19011SpeciesTaxom
Borophaga Enderlein, 17666SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Conicera Meigen, 19257SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 19277SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Gymnophora Macquart, 19526SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoptera Lioy, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Hypocera Lioy, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 2002185SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Metopina Macquart, 19795SpeciesTaxom
Metopinagroup
0SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 1992
Millipede-killing Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Obscuriphora Disney, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 192011SpeciesTaxom
Plastophora Brues, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Plectanocnema Schmitz, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Prioriphora McAlpine & M..., 19992SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1944Fire Ant Decapitating Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Spiniphora Malloch, 18304SpeciesTaxom
Triphleba Rondani, 190620SpeciesTaxom
Trophithauma Schmitz, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom
Trucidophora Brown, Franc..., 1991
0SpeciesTaxom
Woodiphora Schmitz, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for England
286 Species
Aenigmatias brevifrons Schmitz, 1955
Aenigmatias franzi Schmitz, 1950
Aenigmatias lubbocki (Verrall, 1877)⇒ Aenigmatias brevifrons Schmitz, 1955
Anevrina curvinervis Becker, 1901
Anevrina macateei Malloch, 1913
Anevrina olympiae Aldrich, 1903
Anevrina thoracica Meigen, 1804
Anevrina unispinosa Zetterstedt, 1860
Anevrina urbana Meigen, 1830
Apocephalus brunnipes Brown, 1993
Archiphora pria D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Beckerina umbrimargo Becker, 1901
Borophaga agilis Meigen, 1830
Borophaga carinifrons Zetterstedt, 1848
Borophaga femorata Meigen, 1830
Borophaga incrassata Meigen, 1830
Borophaga irregularis Wood, 1912
Borophaga subsultans Linnaeus, 1766
Chaetopleurophora atra Borgmeier, 1962
Chaetopleurophora bohemani Becker, 1901
Chaetopleurophora erythronota Strobl, 1892
Conicera dauci Meigen, 1830
Conicera floricola Schmitz, 1938
Conicera minuscula (Schmitz, 1953)⇒ Conicera floricola Schmitz, 1938
Conicera schnittmanni Schmitz, 1926
Conicera similis (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Conicera tibialis Schmitz, 1925
Conicera tarsalis Schmitz, 1920
Conicera tibialis Schmitz, 1925
Diplonevra abbreviata von Roser, 1840
Diplonevra concinna Meigen, 1830
Diplonevra florescens Turton, 1801
Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Diplonevra glabra Schmitz, 1927
Diplonevra nitidula (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Diplonevra pilosella Schmitz, 1927
Dohrniphora cornuta Bigot, 1857Hump-backed fly
Gymnophora arcuata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Gymnophora subarcuata Schmitz, 1952
Gymnophora fastigiorum Schmitz, 1952
Gymnophora healeyae Disney, 1980
Gymnophora luteiventris Schmitz, 1952
Gymnophora quartomollis (Schmitz, 1920)⇒ Gymnophora fastigiorum Schmitz, 1952
Gymnophora subarcuata Schmitz, 1952
Gymnoptera longicostalis Schmitz, 1933
Gymnoptera vitripennis (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Gymnoptera longicostalis Schmitz, 1933
Hypocera ehrmanni Aldrich, 1903
Hypocera mordellaria Fallen, 1823
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Megaselia (Megaselia) flava Fallen, 1823
Megaselia (Megaselia) picta Lehmann, 1822
Megaselia abalienata Beyer, 1965
Megaselia aequalis Wood, 1909
Megaselia affinis Wood, 1909
Megaselia agarici Lintner, 1895
Megaselia albicans Wood, 1908
Megaselia albicaudata Wood, 1910
Megaselia albipennis (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia meconicera Speiser, 1925
Megaselia alticolella Wood, 1909
Megaselia altifrons Wood, 1909
Megaselia angelicae Wood, 1910
Megaselia angusta Wood, 1909
Megaselia angustifrons (Wood, 1912)⇒ Megaselia minor Zetterstedt, 1848
Megaselia arcticae Disney, 2004
Megaselia aristalis Malloch, 1914
Megaselia armata Wood, 1909
Megaselia atrimana Wood, 1912
Megaselia barbulata Wood, 1909
Megaselia basispinata Lundbeck, 1920Bog white violet
Megaselia beckeri Wood, 1909
Megaselia berndseni Schmitz, 1919
Megaselia bifida Disney, 1983
Megaselia brevicostalis Wood, 1910
Megaselia breviseta Wood, 1912
Megaselia breviterga Lundbeck, 1921
Megaselia buxtoni (Colyer, 1954)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia campestris Wood, 1908
Megaselia capronata (Schmitz, 1940)⇒ Megaselia subfuscipes Schmitz, 1935
Megaselia ciliata Zetterstedt, 1848
Megaselia cilipes (Brues, 1907)⇒ Megaselia errata Wood, 1912
Megaselia cinereifrons Strobl, 1910
Megaselia clavipes (Wood, 1910)⇒ Megaselia pusilla Meigen, 1830
Megaselia clementsi (Disney, 1978)⇒ Megaselia longicostalis Wood, 1912
Megaselia clemonsi Disney, 1986
Megaselia coacta Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia coei Schmitz, 1938
Megaselia collini Wood, 1909
Megaselia conformis Wood, 1909
Megaselia costalis (Roser, 1840)⇒ Megaselia brunneipennis Costa, 1857
Megaselia coulsoni (Disney, 1987)⇒ Megaselia densior Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia crassipes Wood, 1909
Megaselia dahli Becker, 1901
Megaselia denotata Wood, 1909
Megaselia densior Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia derasa Wood, 1909
Megaselia dipsacosa Smith, 1977
Megaselia discreta Wood, 1909
Megaselia diversa Wood, 1909
Megaselia drakei Disney, 1986
Megaselia dubitalis Wood, 1908
Megaselia elongata Wood, 1914
Megaselia emarginata Wood, 1908
Megaselia erecta Wood, 1910
Megaselia errata Wood, 1912
Megaselia exigua Wood, 1910
Megaselia flavescens Wood, 1909
Megaselia flavicans Schmitz, 1935
Megaselia flavicauda Wood, 1908
Megaselia flavicoxa Zetterstedt, 1848
Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia frontalis Wood, 1909
Megaselia fumata Malloch, 1909
Megaselia fungivora (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia fusca Wood, 1909
Megaselia fusciclava Schmitz, 1935
Megaselia fuscinervis Wood, 1908
Megaselia fuscovariana Schmitz, 1933
Megaselia glabrifrons Wood, 1909
Megaselia gregaria Wood, 1910
Megaselia halterata Wood, 1910Mushroom fly
Megaselia hartfordensis Disney, 1983
Megaselia hayleyensis (Disney, 1987)⇒ Megaselia quadriseta Schmitz, 1941
Megaselia hendersoni Disney, 1979
Megaselia hirsuta (Wood, 1910)⇒ Megaselia curvicapilla Schmitz, 1947
Megaselia hirticaudata Wood, 1910
Megaselia hirticrus Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia hirtiventris Wood, 1909
Megaselia hortensis Wood, 1909
Megaselia humeralis Zetterstedt, 1838
Megaselia humilis (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia dahli Becker, 1901
Megaselia hyalipennis Wood, 1912
Megaselia imberbis (Schmitz, 1934)⇒ Megaselia frameata Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia immodesta Beyer, 1965
Megaselia infraposita Wood, 1909
Megaselia insons Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia involuta Wood, 1910
Megaselia ismayi (Disney, 1978)⇒ Megaselia hirticrus Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia lata Wood, 1910
Megaselia latifemorata Becker, 1901
Megaselia latifrons Wood, 1910
Megaselia latior Schmitz, 1936
Megaselia latipalpis Schmitz, 1921
Megaselia longicostalis Wood, 1912
Megaselia longifurca Lundbeck, 1921
Megaselia longipalpis Wood, 1910
Megaselia longiseta Wood, 1909
Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918
Megaselia lutea Meigen, 1830
Megaselia lutescens Wood, 1910
Megaselia major Wood, 1912
Megaselia malhamensis Disney, 1986
Megaselia mallochi Wood, 1909
Megaselia manicata Wood, 1910
Megaselia maura Wood, 1910
Megaselia mcleani Disney, 1987
Megaselia meconicera Speiser, 1925
Megaselia melanocephala Roser, 1840
Megaselia minuta Aldrich, 1892
Megaselia minutissima Brues, 1905
Megaselia nectergata Disney, 1999
Megaselia nigra Meigen, 1830Mushroom fly
Megaselia nigrescens Wood, 1910
Megaselia nigriceps Loew, 1866
Megaselia nudiventris (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia discreta Wood, 1909
Megaselia obscuripennis Wood, 1909
Megaselia oligoseta Disney, 1987
Megaselia oviaraneae Disney, 1999
Megaselia pallens Wood, 1910
Megaselia pallidizona Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia paludosa Wood, 1908
Megaselia parnassia Disney, 1986
Megaselia parva Wood, 1909
Megaselia pectoralis Wood, 1910
Megaselia percaeca Beyer, 1965
Megaselia perdistans Schmitz, 1924
Megaselia pictella Beyer, 1965
Megaselia pictorufa Colyer, 1957
Megaselia plebeia Malloch, 1914
Megaselia pleuralis Wood, 1909
Megaselia plurispinulosa Zetterstedt, 1860
Megaselia posticata Strobl, 1898
Megaselia propinqua Wood, 1909
Megaselia protarsalis Schmitz, 1927
Megaselia pulicaria Fallen, 1823
Megaselia pumila Meigen, 1830
Megaselia pusilla Meigen, 1830
Megaselia pygmaea Zetterstedt, 1848
Megaselia pygmaeoides Lundbeck, 1921
Megaselia quadriseta Schmitz, 1941
Megaselia rata Collin, 1908
Megaselia rivalis Wood, 1909
Megaselia rubella Schmitz, 1920
Megaselia rubescens Wood, 1912
Megaselia rudis Wood, 1909
Megaselia rufa Wood, 1908
Megaselia ruficornis Meigen, 1830
Megaselia rufifrons Wood, 1910
Megaselia rufipes Meigen, 1804Coffin fly
Megaselia scutellaris Wood, 1909
Megaselia serrata Wood, 1910
Megaselia setulifera Smith, 1977
Megaselia sheppardi Disney, 1988
Megaselia simplex Wood, 1910
Megaselia simulans Wood, 1912
Megaselia spinata Wood, 1910
Megaselia spinicincta Wood, 1910
Megaselia spinigera Wood, 1908
Megaselia spinolabella (Disney, 1989)⇒ Megaselia longifurca Lundbeck, 1921
Megaselia stichata Lundbeck, 1920
Megaselia styloprocta Schmitz, 1921
Megaselia subfuscipes Schmitz, 1935
Megaselia submeigeni Wood, 1914
Megaselia subpleuralis Wood, 1909
Megaselia subtumida Wood, 1909
Megaselia sulphuripes (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Megaselia lutea Meigen, 1830
Megaselia sulphurizona Borgmeier, 1966
Megaselia superciliata Wood, 1910
Megaselia surdifrons Wood, 1909
Megaselia sylvatica Wood, 1910
Megaselia symondsi Disney, 2002
Megaselia tarsalis Wood, 1910
Megaselia tumida Wood, 1909
Megaselia uliginosa Wood, 1909
Megaselia unguicularis Wood, 1909
Megaselia unwini Disney, 1987
Megaselia variabilis (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Megaselia variana Schmitz, 1926
Megaselia verna Schmitz, 1932
Megaselia vernalis (Wood, 1909)⇒ Megaselia verna Schmitz, 1932
Megaselia verralli Wood, 1910
Megaselia vestita Wood, 1914
Megaselia wickenensis Disney, 2000
Megaselia woodi Lundbeck, 1922
Megaselia yatesi Disney, 2002
Melaloncha cordyla Brown, 2006
Melaloncha diastata Brown, 2006
Metopina galeata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Metopina perpusilla Six, 1878
Metopina oligoneura Mik, 1867
Metopina perpusilla Six, 1878
Metopina pileata Schmitz, 1936
Metopina ulrichi Disney, 1979
Obscuriphora sheppardi Disney, 1986
Phalacrotophora berolinensis Schmitz, 1920
Phalacrotophora fasciata Fallen, 1823
Phalacrotophora halictorum Melander & B..., 1903
Phora aerea Schmitz, 1930Hillside false ohelo
Phora artifrons Schmitz, 1920
Phora atra (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Diplonevra funebris Meigen, 1830
Phora bullata Schmitz, 1927
Phora dubia Zetterstedt, 1848
Phora edentata Schmitz, 1920
Phora hamata Schmitz, 1927
Phora holosericea Schmitz, 1920Hawai'i false ohelo
Phora speighti Disney, 1982
Phora stictica Meigen, 1830Stalkless yellowcress
Phora tincta Schmitz, 1920
Plastophora pictorufa (Colyer, 1957)⇒ Megaselia pictorufa Colyer, 1957
Plectanocnema nudipes Becker, 1901
Prioriphora casei D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Prioriphora luzzii D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Pseudacteon formicarum Verrall, 1877
Pseudacteon onyx Steyskal, 1944Fresno mat
Spiniphora bergenstammii Mik, 1864
Spiniphora domestica Wood, 1906
Spiniphora dorsalis Becker, 1901
Spiniphora maculata Meigen, 1830
Triphleba antricola Schmitz, 1918
Triphleba citreiformis Becker, 1901
Triphleba collini (Schmitz, 1943)⇒ Triphleba smithi Disney, 1982
Triphleba distinguenda Strobl, 1892
Triphleba excisa Lundbeck, 1921
Triphleba gracilis Wood, 1907
Triphleba hyalinata Meigen, 1830
Triphleba intempesta Schmitz, 1918
Triphleba intermedia Malloch, 1908
Triphleba lugubris (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Triphleba papillata Wingate, 1906
Triphleba luteifemorata Wood, 1906
Triphleba minuta Fabricius, 1787
Triphleba nudipalpis Becker, 1901
Triphleba opaca Meigen, 1830
Triphleba papillata Wingate, 1906
Triphleba smithi Disney, 1982
Triphleba subcompleta Schmitz, 1927
Triphleba subfusca Malloch, 1912
Triphleba trinervis Becker, 1901
Triphleba vitrea Wood, 1906
Trophithauma rostratum Melander & B..., 1903
Woodiphora retroversa Wood, 1908

Subnodes of Phoridae with occurrences in England
SubfamilyAenigmatiinae
Schmitz, 1926
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetopininae
Macquart, 1835
15
208
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhorinae
Curtis, 1833
11
69
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPrioriphorinae
Mostovski, 1996
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySciadocerinae
Schmitz, 1929
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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