Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912
(ladybird parasite scuttle flies)

Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Phalacrotophora berolinensis
a scuttle fly
Species 8 trophisms
Phalacrotophora beuki
(A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly)
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Phalacrotophora delageae
a fly
Species 1 references
Phalacrotophora fasciata
a scuttle fly
Species 18 trophisms
Phalacrotophora harveyi
a ladybird parasite scuttlefly
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
FamilyPHORIDAE (scuttle flies)
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Disney, R.H.L. & Beuk, P.L.Th. 1997 European Phalacrotophora (Diptera: Phoridae) Ent. Gazette Vol 48: 185-192.

Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
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