Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) - 42 Species, Identification & Facts

Aenigmatias eurynotus

Identification: Shiny scutellum. Females are wingless parasitize pupae of ants (especially Formica ).

Apocephalus borealis

Recently they have started parasitizing honey bees. PLOSone . A New Threat to Honey Bees, the Parasitic Phorid Fly Apocephalus borealis

Borophaga incrassata

Size 7-8mm. This hump-backed fly has a blackish head, legs and thorax with a somewhat greyer abdomen. The wings are shaded brown. Vein 3 is unforked, the hind tibia has a pallisade of hairs and it has a broad, elevated ocellar triangle platform. This

Megaselia rufipes

"They are scavengers and are often found inside homes." -- Brian V. Brown Larvae can cause myiasis. They have been reported parasitizing honey bees in Italy. Taylor & Francis on line . Megaselia rufipes (Diptera: Phoridae): a new cause of facultative

Megaselia scalaris

Identification: the female's abdominal tergite 6 is short, narrow, shiny, and extends laterally on the segment, unlike tergites of preceding segments [this feature can only be seen in a clear close-up photo taken at the proper angle, or by examinatio

Phalacrotophora epeirae

Phalacrotophora epeirae is the only(?) parasite of Mimetus egg sac‏s (page 269). American Arachnology

Pseudacteon curvatus

Identification: The only Pseudacteon in our area with a long curved ovipositor that parasitizes Solenopsis invicta : Introduced from South America to control the invasive South American fire ant Solenopsis invicta. One of six species of Pseudacteon i

Pseudacteon tricuspis

Introduced from South America starting in 1997 to control the invasive South American fire ant Solenopsis invicta . It doesn't seem to have a significant impact, though. released along with P. curvatus (Porter et.al., Florida Entomologist 84(4), Dec