Rhinophorinae
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Rhinophorinae is a subfamily of flies (Diptera), commonly known as Woodlouse Flies,[3] found in all zoogeographic regions except Oceania, but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions.
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Rhinophorinae | |
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Stevenia sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
(unranked): | Cyclorrhapha |
Section: | Schizophora |
Subsection: | Calyptratae |
Superfamily: | Oestroidea |
Family: | Calliphoridae |
Subfamily: | Rhinophorinae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1] |
Tibes | |
Synonyms | |
Axiniidae Colless, 1994[2] |
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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.[4] 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.[3]