PIOPHILIDAE

Ebejer, Martin J. & Nicolosi, Giuseppe, 2022, New records of acalyptrate Diptera from Sicily (Brachycera, Muscomorpha: Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Carnidae, Lonchaeidae, Odiniidae, Pallopteridae, Periscelididae, Piophilidae, Sciomyzidae, Ulidiidae), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 101-104 : 103

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/766
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8169220
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A5879C-BC38-FFE6-7944-FF44FB14FE94
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	PIOPHILIDAE
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The only species previously known from Sicily is the cosmopolitan Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758) . Both species recorded below are widespread in Europe and both are known from mainland Italy. Piophilidae species are late stage carrion feeders as larvae.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Piophilidae

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