Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912

Mostovski, Mike B., 2016, A review of scuttle fly genera of Israel (Diptera: Phoridae), with new records and an identification key, Zootaxa 4137 (1), pp. 61-72 : 68

Genus Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912

There are about 50 species in this cosmopolitan genus. The subgeneric structure of the genus has been thoroughly discussed by Lengyel (2011b). Out of several European species, Ph. beuki and Ph. fasciata are now recorded in Israel for the first time, also representing a new generic record for the country. Both species are known to parasitize ladybird pupae ( Durska et al., 2003).