Phoridae (parasitoids)

Diptera parasitoids • Beneficials/natural enemies

a phorid fly of the genus Pseudacteon (click on image to enlarge it)
Source: USDA Agricultural Research Center Wikimedia Commons

Vernacular names
• Deutsch:	Buckelfliegen
• English:	coffin flies
• Español:	fóridos
• Français:	phoridés

Phoridae (parasitoids) - (coffin flies)

This family contains around 4,000 species of small greyish-black or yellowish flies, ½ to 6 mm long. They are active runners and biologically very divers. Some species are parasitoids.

Note:
This group refers to parasitoids only, for other groups of Phoridae see:

• plant parasitic Phoridae
• nuisance/medical species of Phoridae

The following genera and individual species are currently entered under this family:

• Megaselia (genus - parasitoids)
• Misotermes mindeni (parasitoid)
• Pseudacteon (genus - parasitoids)