Biology:Phora (fly)

Short description: Genus of flies

Phora
File:Phora in copula - 2012-10-14.ogv
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Phoridae
Subfamily:	Phorinae
Genus:	Phora Latreille, 1796

Phora is a genus of scuttle flies (insects in the family Phoridae). There are at least 90 described species in Phora.

Species

These 98 species belong to the genus Phora:

• Phora acerosa Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora acuminata Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora adducta Schmitz, 1955 ^{c g}
• Phora advena Mikhailovskaya, 1986 ^{c g}
• Phora aerea Schmitz, 1930 ^{i c g}
• Phora algira Macquart, 1843 ^{c g}
• Phora americana Schmitz and Wirth, 1954 ^{i c g}
• Phora amplifrons Goto, 1985 ^{c g}
• Phora anceps (Zetterstedt, 1848) ^{c g}
• Phora archepyga Mostovski & Disney, 2001 ^{c g}
• Phora artifrons Schmitz, 1920 ^{c g}
• Phora aterrima (Fabricius, 1794) ^{c g}
• Phora atra (Meigen, 1804) ^{i g}
• Phora bernuthi Egger, 1862 ^{c g}
• Phora bullata Schmitz, 1927 ^{c g}
• Phora capillosa Schmitz, 1933 ^{c g}
• Phora carlina Schmitz, 1930 ^{i c g}
• Phora carpentieri Gobert, 1877 ^{c g}
• Phora cilicrus Schmitz, 1920 ^{c g}
• Phora coangustata Schmitz, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Phora concava ^g
• Phora congolensis Beyer, 1965 ^{c g}
• Phora contractifrons Goto, 1985 ^{c g}
• Phora convallium Schmitz, 1928 ^{c g}
• Phora convergens Schmitz, 1920 ^{c g}
• Phora crinitimargo Goto, 1985 ^{c g}
• Phora cristipes Schmitz and Wirth, 1954 ^{i c g}
• Phora digitiformis Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora dubia (Zetterstedt, 1848) ^{c g}
• Phora edentata Schmitz, 1920 ^{c g}
• Phora fenestrata Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora festinans (Scopoli, 1763) ^{c g}
• Phora flexuosa Egger, 1862 ^{c g}
• Phora fuliginosa (Macquart, 1835) ^{c g}
• Phora fulvipennis Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora fuscipes (Macquart, 1835) ^{c g}
• Phora glebiata Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora gorodkovi Mostovski, 2002 ^{c g}
• Phora greenwoodi Disney, 1989 ^{c g}
• Phora hamata Schmitz, 1927 ^{c g}
• Phora hamulata Liu & Chou, 1994 ^{c g}
• Phora himachalensis Mostovski, 2002 ^{c g}
• Phora holosericea Schmitz, 1920 ^{i c g}
• Phora horrida Schmitz, 1920 ^{c g}
• Phora hyperborea Schmitz, 1927 ^{c g}
• Phora incisurata Goto, 1985 ^{c g}
• Phora indivisa Schmitz, 1948 ^{c g}
• Phora kitadakensis Goto, 1985 ^{c g}
• Phora lacunifera Goto, 1984 ^{c g}
• Phora limpida Schmitz, 1935 ^{c g}
• Phora litoralis Dahl, 1896 ^{c g}
• Phora livida (Dufour, 1851) ^{c g}
• Phora maritima Mikhailovskaya, 1986 ^{c g}
• Phora michali Disney, 1998 ^{c g}
• Phora navigans Frauenfeld, 1867 ^{c g}
• Phora nepalensis Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora nigricornis Egger, 1862 ^{c g}
• Phora nigripennis Waltl, 1837 ^{c g}
• Phora nipponica Goto, 1986 ^{c g}
• Phora obscura (Zetterstedt, 1848) ^{c g}
• Phora occidentata Malloch, 1912 ^{i c g}
• Phora orientis Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora ozerovi Mostovski, 2002 ^{c g}
• Phora paramericana Brown, 2000 ^{c g}
• Phora paricauda Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora parvisaltator Goto, 1985 ^{c g}
• Phora penicillata Schmitz, 1920 ^{c g}
• Phora pilifemur Borgmeier, 1963 ^{i c g}
• Phora pilifrons Beyer, 1958 ^{c g}
• Phora postrema Borgmeier, 1963 ^{i c g}
• Phora praepadens Schmitz, 1927 ^g
• Phora praepandens Schmitz, 1927 ^{c g}
• Phora prisca Goto, 1985 ^{c g}
• Phora pubipes Schmitz, 1920 ^{c g}
• Phora rapida Meigen, 1838 ^{c g}
• Phora saigusai Goto, 1986 ^{c g}
• Phora salpana Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora scapularis Macquart, 1835 ^{c g}
• Phora shirozui Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora speighti Disney, 1982 ^{c g}
• Phora stictica Meigen, 1830 ^{i c g}
• Phora subconvallium Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora sulcaticera (Borgmeier, 1963) ^{i g}
• Phora sulcaticerca Borgmeier, 1963 ^{c g}
• Phora taiwana Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora tajicola Mostovski, 2002 ^{c g}
• Phora tattakana Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora tenuiforceps Goto, 2006 ^{c g}
• Phora theodori Dahl, 1912 ^{c g}
• Phora tincta Schmitz, 1920 ^{c g}
• Phora tripliciseta Schmitz and Wirth, 1954 ^{i c g}
• Phora truncata Brown, 2000 ^{c g}
• Phora tubericola Frauenfeld, 1866 ^{c g}
• Phora velutina Meigen, 1830 ^{c g}
• Phora vicina Macquart, 1835 ^{c g}
• Phora villosa Macquart, 1843 ^{c g}
• Phora viridinota Brues, 1916 ^{i c g}
• Phora zherikhini Mostovski, 2002 ^{c g}

Data sources: i=ITIS, c=Catalogue of Life, g=GBIF, b=Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Charles, H. Curran (1934). The families and genera of North American Diptera. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. 
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J. et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253. 
• "Phorid.net, Online Data for Phorid Flies". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. http://www.phorid.net/. Retrieved 2018-04-04. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4046860 entry