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48. Family PHORIDAE


[Originally] By Neal L. Evenhuis

Members of the Phoridae are generally small, humpbacked flies of a black, brown, or yellow color. They are commonly found around decaying animal or vegetable matter and sometimes in and around the nests of ants, termites, and bees. Adults have a characteristic quick, jerky movement when running. Brachypterous females occur in some species. Immature stages are either scavengers or parasitic. Parasitic forms are often found in nests of ants and termites; others have been recorded from Coccinellidae, social Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, land snails, and Diplopoda.


Literature on Australasian/Oceanian Phoridae is sparse and scattered among many publications. A definitive treatment of the Australasian/Oceanian Phoridae is badly needed. Borgmeier's (1968) world catalog brought together all the literature on Phoridae and is the basis for the treatment in this catalog. Disney (1983) serves as a brief introduction to the family.


Refs.: Hardy & Beyer (1964, key, rev. Hawaiian spp.), Beyer (1967, key, rev. Micronesian spp.), Borgmeier (1967a,b, keys; 1968, cat. world spp.), Robinson (1971, biol. Megaselia), New (1975, Phalacroptophora immat. biol.).

Subfamily PHORINAE
Genus ANTIPODIPHORA Schmitz

ANTIPODIPHORA Schmitz, 1939: 55 (Abaristophora subg.). Type species: Abaristophora tonnoiri Schmitz, 1939, orig. des.
austrophila Schmitz, 1939: 68 (Abaristophora). NZ (NZ).
brevicornis Schmitz, 1939: 76 (Abaristophora). NZ (NZ).
nana Schmitz, 1939: 75 (Abaristophora). NZ (NZ).
similicornis Schmitz, 1939: 76 (Abaristophora). NZ (NZ).
subarcuata Schmitz, 1939: 68 (Abaristophora). NZ (NZ).
tonnoiri Schmitz, 1939: 67 (Abaristophora). NZ (NZ).

Genus BOTHROPROSOPA Schmitz

BOTHROPROSOPA Schmitz, 1939: 35. Type species: Bothroprosopa mirifica Schmitz, 1939, mon.
mirifica Schmitz, 1939: 35. NZ (NZ).

Genus CERATOPLATUS Schmitz

CERATOPLATUS Schmitz, 1939: 101. Type species: Ceratoplatus fullerae Schmitz, 1939, mon.
fullerae Schmitz, 1939: 101. NZ (NZ).

Genus CONICERA Meigen

CONICERA Meigen, 1830: 26. Type species: Conicera atra Meigen, 1830 [= Phora dauca Meigen, 1830], mon.
formosensis Brues, 1911: 539. Taiwan; Hawaiian Is; Hong Kong, Malaysia (Pen).
     hawaiiensis Colyer, 1957: 233. Hawaiian Is.
     atra, authors, not Meigen, 1830, misid.
procericornis Schmitz, 1927b: 68 [1929c: 120; 1929d: 120] (Conicera). PNG (Bismarck Arch).
tibialis Schmitz, 1925: 119. Czech Republic; Australia (Tas) [introduction]; Azores, Europe, Canary Is.

Genus DIPLONEVRA Lioy

DIPLONEVRA Lioy, 1864b: 77. Type species: Bibio florea Fabricius, 1794, des. Enderlein, 1924b: 272.
APOPTEROMYIA Beyer, 1958: 121 (Diplonevra subg.). Type species: Diplonevra gynaptera Fuller & Lee, 1938, mon.
DIPLONEURA, error for Diplonevra.
bilineata Borgmeier, 1916a: 19 (Dohrniphora). Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
caudata Schmitz, 1939: 111. NZ (NZ)
     caudataria, error for caudata.
collessi Disney, 2011: 41. Australia (NSW).
ctenophora Disney, 2003: 523. Australia (Tas).
dohrniphoroidea Assmuth, 1920: 198 (Hypocera). PNG (Bismarck Arch).
fumosa Disney, 2011: 42. Australia (Tas).
gynaptera Fuller & Lee, 1938: 80 (Diploneura). Australia (NSW).
ismayi
Disney, 1990: 35. PNG (PNG).
nigricorpus Disney, 2011: 45. Australia (NSW).
nigrita Malloch, 1925h: 334 (Dohrniphora). Australia (NSW)
nigroscutellata Malloch, 1925h: 334 (Dohrniphora). Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
     scoparia Brues, 1932: 139. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
novaeguineae Beyer, 1966: 166. PNG (PNG).
peregrina Wiedemann, 1830a: 600 (Trineura). China; Australia (NSW), Bonin Is, Hawaiian Is; Hong Kong, Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Japan, Taiwan.
     sinensis Schiner, 1868: 224 (Phora). Hong Kong.
     conventa Brues, 1911: 535 (Phora). Taiwan.
     setitibia Malloch, 1925h: 333 (Dohrniphora). Australia (NSW).
predicta Disney, 1990: 37. Australia (Qld).
termispinosa Disney, 1999: 89. Australia (NSW).
termitophila Disney, 1999: 87. Australia (NSW).
watsoni Disney, 1986: 414. Indonesia (Sulwaesi); Indonesia (Maluku).

Genus DOHRNIPHORA Dahl

DOHRNIPHORA Dahl, 1898: 188. Type species: Dohrniphora dohrni Dahl, 1898, mon.
andersoni Disney, 1990b: 353. PNG (PNG).
atratula Malloch, 1925h: 334. Australia (NSW).
awarensis Disney, 1990b: 355. PNG (PNG).
cornuta Bigot, 1857c: 348 [1857d: 827] (Phora). Cuba; widesp. Australasian/Oceanian Regs.; cosmopol.
     mordax Brues, 1911: 531 (Phora). Taiwan.
dohrni Dahl, 1898: 188. PNG (Bismarck Arch); "New Guinea."
     divaricata, authors, not Aldrich, 1896, misid.
eilogoensis Disney, 1990b: 363. PNG (PNG).
fijiensis Disney, 1990b: 365. Fiji.
grootaerti Disney, 1990b: 370. PNG (PNG).
instabilis Malloch, 1935a: 330 (Diplonevra). Western Samoa.
ismayi Disney, 1990b: 373. PNG (PNG).
palpalis Borgmeier, 1961a: 22. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
papuana Brues, 1905: 541 (Phora). PNG (PNG); Australia (Qld); Indonesia (Sulawesi).
     monochaeta Borgmeier, 1961a: 18. Australia (Qld).
polyspinosa Disney, 1990b: 381. PNG (PNG).
rhinotermitis Schmitz & Mjöberg, 1924: 4. Australia (Qld).
salomonis Borgmeier, 1961a: 23. Solomon Is.
     solomonis Borgmeier, 1967c: 82 (unjust emend. of salomonis).
trigonae Disney in Disney & Bartareau, 1995: 229. Australia (Qld).
vorax Schmitz, 1915: 318. India: PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumatra).

Genus GYMNOPTERA Lioy

GYMNOPTERA Lioy, 1864b: 79. Type species: Phora vittripennis Meigen, 1830, mon.
PARAFANNIA Bohart, 1947: 413. Type species: Parafannia molluscovora Bohart, 1947, mon.
simplex Brues, 1905: 553 (Conicera). PNG (PNG); Guam, Marshall Is, Micronesia; Nigeria, Seychelles.
    molluscovora Bohart, 1947: 414 (Parafannia). Guam.

Genus HYPOCERIDES Schmitz

HYPOCERIDES Schmitz, 1915: 496. Type species: Hypocera difformis Brues, 1905, orig. des.
difformis Brues, 1905: 543 (Hypocera). PNG (PNG).

Genus KIERANIA Schmitz

KIERANIA Schmitz, 1939: 34. Type species: Kierania grata Schmitz, 1939, mon.
grata Schmitz, 1939: 34. NZ (NZ).

Genus PALPOCRATES Schmitz

PALPOCRATES Schmitz, 1939: 86. Type species: Palpocrates rufipalpis Schmitz, 1939, orig. des.
obscurior Schmitz, 1939: 88. NZ (NZ).
rufipalpis Schmitz, 1939: 86. NZ (NZ).

Genus PHORA Latreille

PHORA Latreille, 1796: 169. Type species: Musca aterrima Fabricius, 1794 [preocc., = Trineura atra Meigen, 1804], subs. mon. Latreille, 1802: 464.
Unidentified spp.--American Samoa, ?PNG (PNG).

Genus SPINIPHORA Malloch

SPINIPHORA Malloch, 1909: 26. Type species: Phora maculata Meigen, 1830, des. Malloch, 1910: 20.
PARASPINIPHORA Malloch, 1912: 425 (unnec. n. n. for Spiniphora).
genitalis Schmitz, 1940: 78. Malaysia (Pen); Hawaiian Is; Indonesia (Java).

Genus STILLICHUS Enderlein

STILLICHUS Enderlein, 1924b: 279. Type species: Stillichus acutivertex Enderlein, 1924 [= Hypocera insperatus Brues, 1911], orig. des.
TRESSINUS Schmitz, 1924: 149. Type species: Hypocera johnsoni Brues, 1903, orig. des.
HYPOCERA, authors, not Lioy, 1864, misid.
deceptor Beyer, 1966: 168. PNG (Bismarck Arch).

Genus TARSOCRATES Schmitz

TARSOCRATES Schmitz, 1939: 99. Type species: Tarsocrates niger Schmitz, 1939, mon.
niger Schmitz, 1939: 99. NZ (NZ).

Genus TRIPHLEBA Rondani

TRIPHLEBA Rondani, 1856: 136. Type species: Triphleba hyemalis Rondani, 1856 [= Phora hyalinata Meigen, 1830], orig. des.
TONNOIRINA Schmitz, 1939: 88 (Triphleba subg.). Unavailable name; genus- group name proposed after 1930 without type-species designation.
TONNOIRINA Schmitz, 1941: 128 (Triphleba subg.). Type species: Triphleba rufithorax Schmitz, 1939, orig. des.
atripalpis Schmitz, 1939: 99. NZ (NZ).
fuscithorax Schmitz, 1939: 88. NZ (NZ).
rufithorax Schmitz, 1939: 98. NZ (NZ).

Subfamily METOPININAE
Tribe METOPININI


Genus APOCEPHALUS Coquillett

APOCEPHALUS Coquillett in Pergande, 1901: 501. Type species: Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901, orig. des.
insolitus Borgmeier, 1967a: 182. Australia (NSW).
niger Malloch, 1935d: 95. Australia (NSW).

Genus CHONOCEPHALUS Wandolleck

CHONOCEPHALUS Wandolleck, 1898: 428. Type species: Chonocephalus dorsalis Wandolleck, 1898, mon.
aduncus Schmitz, 1928a: 92 [1929c: 174; 1929d: 174]. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Philippines.
bispinosus Borgmeier, 1967a: 207. American Samoa.
brisbanensis Beyer, 1960a: 35. Australia (Qld).
dahli Schmitz, 1928a: 91 [1929c: 173; 1929d: 173]. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
dimidiatus Borgmeier, 1967a: 208. American Samoa.
dorsalis Wandolleck, 1898: 428. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Fiji, PNG (PNG), Western Samoa.
elongatus Schmitz, 1950: 21. PNG (PNG).
hirsutus Bohart, 1947: 409. Guam.
major Schmitz, 1928a: 92 [1929c: 174; 1929d: 174]. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
pallidulus Beyer in Hardy & Beyer, 1964: 298. Hawaiian Is.
palposus Schmitz, 1928a: 101 [1929c: 175; 1929d: 175]. PNG (Bismarck Arch); American Samoa; Philippines.
primus Schmitz, 1928a: 101 [1929c: 175; 1929d: 175]. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
quartus Schmitz, 1928a: 104 [1929c: 178; 1929d: 178]. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
secundus Schmitz, 1928a: 102 [1929c: 177; 1929d: 177]. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
simiolus Beyer in Hardy & Beyer, 1964: 300. Hawaiian Is.
simplex Schmitz, 1928a: 101 [1929c: 175; 1929d: 175]. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
subglaber Bohart, 1947: 410. Guam.
tertius Schmitz, 1928a: 103 [1929c: 177; 1929d: 177]. PNG (Bismarck Arch).

Genus DAHLIPHORA Schmitz

DAHLIPHORA Schmitz, 1923: 188. Type species: Dahliphora sigmoides Schmitz, 1923, mon.
sigmoides Schmitz, 1923: 188. PNG (Bismarck Arch).

Genus EPACTEON Borgmeier

EPACTEON Borgmeier, 1963: 122. Type species: Epacteon armatus Borgmeier, 1963, mon.
armatum Borgmeier, 1963: 122. Australia (NSW).
latifrons Brown & Oliver, 2013: 142. NZ (NZ) [introduced].

Genus EPICHONOCEPHALUS Schmitz

EPICHONOCEPHALUS Schmitz, 1927a: 26 [1929c: 179]. Type species: Epichonocephalus transversalis Schmitz, 1928, subs. mon. Schmitz, 1928a: 105.
transversalis Schmitz, 1928a: 105 [1929c: 179; 1929d: 179]. PNG (Bismarck Arch).

Genus EUTERMIPHORA Lea

EUTERMIPHORA Lea, 1911: 76. Type species: Eutermiphora abdominalis Lea, 1911, mon.
abdominalis Lea, 1911:77. Australia (NSW); Australia (Vic).
tropicola Disney, 2000: 19. PNG (PNG).

Genus LEPTILLA Borgmeier

LEPTILLA Borgmeier, 1963: 123. Type species: Leptilla degenerata Borgmeier, 1963, mon.
degenerata Borgmeier, 1963: 123. Australia (NSW).

Genus MACULIPHORA Disney

MACULIPHORA Disney, 1991: 269. Type species: Maculiphora aenictophila Disney, 1991, orig. des.
aenictophila Disney, 1991: 272. Philippines; Australia (Qld).

Genus MEGASELIA Rondani

MEGASELIA Rondani, 1856: 137. Type species: Megaselia crassineura Rondani, 1856 [= Phora costalis Roser, 1840], orig. des.
APHIOCHAETA Brues, 1903: 337, 398. Type species: Phora nigriceps Loew, 1866, des. Brues, 1909: 6.
PLASTOPHORA Brues, 1905: 551. Type species: Plastophora beirne Brues, 1905, orig. des.
MEGASELIDA, error for Megaselia.
PARAPHIOCHAETA
, authors, not Malloch, 1914, misid.
albiclavata Borgmeier, 1967a: 262. Australia (Qld).
     albiclava. Incorr. orig. spell. of albiclavata (Borgmeier, 1967a: 203).
alisamorum Disney, 2008: 57. Australia (NSW).
alius Disney, 2003: 526. Australia (Tas).
amatorumDisney, 2003: 528. Australia (Tas).
andrewi Disney, 2003: 529. Australia (Tas).
aneura Malloch, 1935a: 338. Western Samoa; Fiji.
antialis Borgmeier, 1967c: 185. Australia (Qld).
arctifurca Borgmeier, 1967a: 320. Australia (Qld).
armipectus Borgmeier, 1967a: 230. Australia (NSW); Ausatralia (Tas).
atridorsata Malloch, 1935a: 337. Western Samoa.
australiae Beyer, 1960a: 23. Australia (Qld).
basiseta Malloch, 1935a: 336. Western Samoa.
beirne Brues, 1905: 551 (Plastophora). PNG (PNG).
bilobulus Disney, 2003: 532. Australia (Tas).
bipunctata Borgmeier, 1963: 112. Australia (NSW).
biseta Beyer, 1960a: 26. Australia (Qld).
boninensis Beyer, 1967: 336. Bonin Is.
brevivallorum Disney, 2003: 535. Australia (Tas).
brunneipalpata Beyer in Hardy & Beyer, 1964: 276. Hawaiian Is.
caledoniae Borgmeier, 1967a: 203. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
castanea Bridarolli, 1937: 78. NZ (NZ).
cercisetaria Disney, 2003: 536. Australia (Tas).
chrysophora Beyer, 1967: 338. Belau.
cilipes Brues, 1907: 406 (Aphiochaeta). PNG (PNG).
claudia Borgmeier, 1967c: 180. Australia (NSW); Australia (Tas, WA).
cochlophila Borgmeier, 1967b: 373. Hawaiian Is.
comparabilis Schmitz, 1929b: 115. NZ (NZ)
     dissita Borgmeier, 1967a: 314. Australia (Tas).
conifera Borgmeier, 1967c: 208. Australia (NSW).
copiosa Borgmeier, 1967c: 174. Australia (NSW).
cornigera Beyer, 1966: 180 (Plastophora). PNG (Bismarck Arch).
crassimana Brues, 1905: 548 (Aphiochaeta). Australia (NSW).
criniloba Beyer, 1966: 197. PNG (PNG).
curtibarba Beyer in Hardy & Beyer, 1964: 278. Hawaiian Is.
curticauda Borgmeier, 1967c: 176. Australia (NSW).
curtineura Brues, 1909: 6 (Aphiochaeta). Philippines; Australia, Hawaiian Is, NZ (Campbell I); India, Israel, Taiwan.
     insulana Brues, 1911: 543 (Aphiochaeta). Taiwan.
     variata Malloch, 1912: 515 (Aphiochaeta). Philippines.
     biformis Brues, 1942: 155. Hawaiian Is.
     koffleri, authors, not Schmitz, 1935, misid.
debilis Brues, 1905: 549 (Aphiochaeta). Australia (NSW).
deceptrix Beyer, 1966: 202. PNG (PNG).
dewittensis Disney, 2003: 541. Australia (Tas).
digiturgida Disney, 2008: 59. Australia (NSW).
dolichoptera Bridarolli, 1937: 78. NZ (NZ).
dupliciseta Bridarolli, 1937: 71. NZ (NZ).
excisa Beyer, 1966: 187. PNG (PNG).
excisoides Beyer, 1966: 188. Fiji.
falciphalli Disney, 2003: 543. Australia (Tas).
ferimpariseta Disney, 2003: 545. Australia (Tas).
filiciarboris Disney, 2003: 548. Australia (Tas).
flava Fallén, 1823f: 7 (Trineura). Sweden; PNG (PNG); USA, Europe.
flaviscutellata Beyer, 1960a: 29. Australia (Qld).
flavistola Borgmeier, 1967a: 252. Australia (NSW).
floricola Borgmeier, 1967a: 220. Australia (NSW).
fortinervis Schmitz, 1926: 51. Taiwan; Australia (Qld), Western Samoa.
     pacifica Malloch, 1935a: 336. Western Samoa.
fumipennis Brues, 1907: 407 (Aphiochaeta). PNG (PNG).
furcatilis Beyer in Hardy & Beyer, 1964: 279. Hawaiian Is.
furcellans Beyer, 1966: 186. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
furcipriva Borgmeier, 1963: 116. Australia (NSW).
grandlabella Disney, 2003: 550. Australia (Tas).
gregaria Wood, 1910: 152 (Phora). UK; Australia (Tas) [introduced]; Europe.
gressitti Beyer, 1967: 336. Micronesia.
halterata Wood, 1910: 196 (Phora). UK; Australia [introduced], NZ (NZ) [introduced]; Azores, Canary Is, Europe, Israel, Nearctic Reg, Tunisia.
hauclaudia Disney, 2003: 555. Australia (Tas).
hebblewhitei Disney, 2003: 557. Australia (Tas).
heterochaeta Beyer, 1967: 336. Micronesia; PNG (Bougainville I, PNG).
heterodactyla Beyer in Hardy & Beyer, 1964: 281. Hawaiian Is.
hirtitarsalis Beyer, 1966: 208. PNG (PNG).
impariseta Bridarolli, 1937: 68. NZ (NZ); Australia (ACT, NSW, Tas, WA).
imperfecta Borgmeier, 1967c: 135. Australia (Qld).
inconspicua Borgmeier, 1967a: 222. Australia (NSW).
labrosa Borgmeier, 1963: 114. Australia (NSW).
laevubrevis Disney, 2003: 560. Australia (Tas); Australia (SA, WA).
latifurca Borgmeier, 1967b: 221. Hawaiian Is.
longibarba Beyer in Hardy & Beyer, 1964: 285. Hawaiian Is.
longinqua Bridarolli, 1937: 76. NZ (NZ).
lucida Bridarolli, 1937: 64. NZ (NZ).
luteiclava Borgmeier, 1967c: 182. Australia (NSW).
maculaefemoralis Disney, 2008: 60. Australia (NSW).
manca Brues, 1907: 408 (Aphiochaeta). Singapore; PNG (PNG).
     abortiens Beyer, 1966: 201. PNG (PNG).
mediocris Borgmeier, 1967c: 178. Australia (Qld).
megasetigera Disney, 2003: 536. Australia (Tas).
micronesiae Beyer, 1967: 336. Belau; Guam.
minutissima Brues, 1905: 549 (Aphiochaeta). PNG (PNG).
morella Borgmeier, 1967c: 240. Australia (Qld).
mountfieldensis Disney, 2003: 565. Australia (Tas).
mucronifera Borgmeier, 1967a: 271. Australia (NSW).
multispinulosa Disney, 2003: 567. Australia (Tas).
nebulosa Walker, 1858: 234 (Phora). Australia (Tas).
necsabra Disney, 2008: 61. Australia (NSW).
nesiotica Borgmeier, 1967c: 223. American Samoa.
nigella Beyer, 1960b: 113. Philippines; Australia (Qld).
nigellifrons Borgmeier, 1967a: 214. Australia (NSW); Australia (Tas, WA).
nudilobulus Disney, 2003: 571. Australia (Tas).
obscuricauda Beyer, 1966: 181 (Plastophora). PNG (Bismarck Arch).
orbata Borgmeier, 1967c: 224. Australia (NSW).
palpella Beyer, 1967: 336. Belau.
parabasiseta Bohart, 1947: 40. Guam; Belau.
patellata Beyer, 1966: 195. PNG (PNG).
planifrons Brues, 1905: 547 (Aphiochaeta). PNG (PNG).
pleuralis Wood, 1909: 117 (Phora). UK; Australia (Tas) [introduced]; Holarctic Reg.
politiceps Borgmeier, 1967a: 316. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT).
politifrons Brues, 1936: 378. Philippines; Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
     vernicosior Beyer, 1966: 211. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
postorta Borgmeier, 1967c: 173. Australia (NSW).
pulicaria Fallén, 1823f: 6 (Trineura). Sweden; Australia (NSW); USA, Europe.
pusilla Meigen, 1830: 218 (Phora). France; Australia (NSW); USA, Europe.
quadribrevis Disney, 2003: 575. Australia (Tas).
quartolutea Borgmeier, 1963: 115. Australia (NSW).
quattuorbrevis Disney, 2008: 62. Australia (NSW).
richardsoni Disney, 2003: 578. Australia (Tas).
rufipes Meigen, 1804: 313 (Trineura). Germany; widesp. Australasian/Oceanian Regs.; almost cosmopol.
     omnivora Hudson, 1892: 62. NZ (NZ).
russellensis Disney, 2003: 581. Australia (Tas).
rustica Brues, 1905: 546 (Aphiochaeta). PNG (PNG).
safuneae Malloch, 1935a: 334. Western Samoa.
samoana Borgmeier, 1967c: 234. American Samoa.
sauteri Brues, 1911: 556 (Aphiochaeta). Taiwan; American Samoa.
scalaris Loew, 1866b: 53 [1872b: 113] (Phora). Cuba; widesp. Australasian/Oceanian Regs.; almost cosmopol.
     banksi Brues, 1909: 6 (Aphiochaeta). Philippines.
     circumsetosa de Meijere, 1911b: 348 (Aphiochaeta). Indonesia (Java).
seiuncta Beyer, 1967: 341, 342. Belau.
     sejuncta. Incorr. orig. spell. of seiuncta (Beyer, 1967: 335).
semihyalina Beyer, 1960a: 32. Australia (Qld).
setaria Malloch, 1912: 514. Hawaiian Is; Belau, Bonin Is, Guam, Micronesia, Northern Marianas; Indonesia (Java), Philippines.
     stuntzi Bohart, 1947: 402. Guam.
setella Beyer, 1966: 205. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
setifemur Bohart, 1947: 398. Guam.
sextohirta Beyer, 1966: 202. PNG (PNG).
sextolutea Borgmeier, 1967c: 183. Australia (NSW).
sodalis Brues, 1905: 550 (Aphiochaeta). Australia (NSW).
splendens Borgmeier, 1967c: 150. Australia (NSW).
spiracularis Schmitz, 1938: 81. Japan; Coral Sea Islands [introduced], NZ (NZ); eastern Palaearctic, Oriental Regs.
subsetella Borgmeier, 1967c: 165. Australia (Qld).
suis Bohart, 1947: 399. Guam; Micronesia.
sullivani Disney, 2003: 585. Australia (Tas).
suspicata Borgmeier, 1967a: 229. Australia (NSW).
tasmaniensis Malloch, 1912: 514. Australia (Tas).
tenebricior Beyer, 1967: 336. Belau.
tetrabrevis Disney, 2003: 586. Australia (Tas).
tetrachaeta Beyer, 1966: 206. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
tetricifrons Beyer, 1967: 336. Bonin Is.
triplicicristae Disney, 2003: 588. Australia (Tas).
trudiae Disney, 2003: 590. Australia (Tas).
turbidipennis Borgmeier, 1967a: 321. Australia (WA).
turgidilla Borgmeier, 1967c: 132. Vanuatu.
tweedensis Disney, 2008: 63. Australia (NSW).
ustipennis Borgmeier, 1967c: 209. Australia (NSW).
venalis Beyer, 1966: 198. PNG (PNG).
versicolor Borgmeier, 1967c: 196. Australia (Qld).
wellingtoniensis Disney, 2003: 592. Australia (Tas).
wheeleri Borgmeier, 1967c: 206. Hawaiian Is.
zebrina Beyer in Hardy and Beyer, 1964: 288. Hawaiian Is.

Genus METOPINA Macquart

METOPINA Macquart, 1835: 666. Type species: Phora galeata Haliday, 1833, mon.
andersoni Disney, 2003: 606. PNG (PNG).
australiana Borgmeier, 1963: 121. Australia (NSW); Australia (Tas); Malaysia (Pen).
     fumipennis Borgmeier, 1967a: 187. Australia (NSW).
cindybrownae Disney, 2003: 607. Australia (WA).
climieorum Disney, 1994: 122. NZ (NZ); Australia (NSW, Qld); Indonesia (Java).
grootaerti Disney, 2003: 609. PNG (PNG).
howseae Disney, 2003: 611. Australia (Qld).
nephaloptera Beyer, 1966: 212. PNG (PNG).
papuana Disney, 2003: 612. PNG (PNG).
queenslandensis Disney, 2003: 612. Australia (Qld).
ventralis Schmitz, 1927c: 245. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Hawaiian Is; Micronesia.

Genus PHALACROTOPHORA Enderlein

PHALACROTOPHORA Enderlein, 1912b: 21. Type species: Phalacrotophora bruesiana Enderlein, 1912, orig. des.

Subgenus OMAPANTA Schmitz

OMAPANTA Schmitz, 1932: 117. Type species: Phalacrotophora appendicigera Borgmeier, 1924, orig. des.
fimbriiterga Beyer, 1966: 177. PNG (PNG).
gigantea Beyer, 1966: 175. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
magnifica Borgmeier, 1962: 469. Australia (Qld).
vernicea Beyer, 1966: 176. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

Subgenus PHALACROTOPHORA Enderlein

PHALACROTOPHORA Enderlein, 1912b: 21 (as gen.). Type species: Phalacrotophora bruesiana Enderlein, 1912, orig. des.
perlonga Beyer, 1966: 174. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
quadrimaculata Schmitz, 1926: 49. Taiwan; New Caledonia (New Caledonia); Indonesia (Sulawesi).

Genus PSEUDACTEON Coquillett

PSEUDACTEON Coquillett, 1907: 208. Type species: Pseudacteon crawfordi Coquillett, 1907, orig. des.
criniferum Beyer, 1966: 213. PNG (Bougainville I).

Genus PULICIPHORA Dahl

PULICIPHORA Dahl, 1897: 410. Type species: Puliciphora lucifera Dahl, 1897, mon.
STETHOPATHUS Wandolleck, 1898: 424. Type species: Stethopathus ocellatus Wandolleck, 1898 [= Puliciphora lucifera Dahl, 1897], orig. des.
NEOPULICIPHORA Schmitz & Mjøberg, 1924: 5. Type species: Neopuliciphora microphthalma Schmitz & Mjøberg, 1924, mon.
borinquensis Wheeler, 1906: 269. Puerto Rico; widesp.Australasian/ Oceanian Regs.; pantrop.
     wymani Bohart, 1947: 411. Guam.
grandicoxa Colyer, 1957: 445. Solomon Is.
koghiensis Disney, 2003a: 241. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
lucifera Dahl, 1897:411. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Fiji, Hawaiian Is, Marshall Is, Micronesia, Western Samoa.
     ocellatus Wandolleck, 1898: 441 (Stethopathus). PNG (Bismarck Arch).
microphthalma Schmitz & Mjøberg, 1924: 5 (Neopuliciphora). Australia (Qld).
pulex Dahl, 1898: 186. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Belau, Guam, Micronesia; Indonesia (Sumatra), Philippines.
     nigriventris Bohart, 1947: 412. Guam.
viklundi Disney, 2003a: 242. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).

Genus SYNEURINA Borgmeier

SYNEURINA Borgmeier, 1963: 119. Type species: Syneurina laticeps Borgmeier, 1963, mon.
laticeps Borgmeier, 1963: 119. Australia (NSW).

Genus WOODIPHORA Schmitz

WOODIPHORA Schmitz, 1927a: 23. Type species: Aphiochaeta retroversa Wood, 1908, orig. des.
afurca Disney, 1989: 1150. PNG (PNG).
andersoni Disney, 1989: 1158. PNG (PNG).
bilineata Borgmeier, 1967a: 161. Australia (NSW).
biroi Brues, 1907: 405 (Aphiochaeta). PNG (PNG); American Samoa, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Western Samoa.
     perturbans Malloch, 1935a: 335 (Megaselia). American Samoa.
     unilineata Borgmeier, 1967a: 163. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
     parvula, authors, not Schmitz, 1927, misid.
curtissima Beyer, 1967: 336 (Megaselia). Belau; Micronesia.
distans Borgmeier, 1961b: 236 (Haplophleba). Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG), Vanuatu; Malaysia (Pen).
fijiensis Disney, 1989: 1161. Fiji.
grootaerti Disney, 1989: 1161. PNG (PNG).
howseae Dinsey, 1989: 1163. Australia (Qld).
multinevra Disney, 1989: 1166. Australia (Qld).
papuana Disney, 1989: 1168. PNG (PNG).
parvula Schmitz, 1927: 95. ?Indonesia (Java); PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Sulawesi), Seychelles.
rogutensis Disney, 1989: 1170. PNG (PNG).
salomonis Beyer, 1966: 179. Solomon Is; American Samoa, Fiji, Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
     excedens Borgmeier, 1967a: 160. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
     solomonis Borgmeier, 1967c: 266 (unjust. emend. of salomonis).
trigona Disney, 1989: 1172. PNG (PNG).

Genus WOODIPHORIDES Beyer

WOODIPHORIDES Beyer, 1961: 215. Type species: Woodiphorides fimbriatus Beyer, 1961, mon.
fimbriata Beyer, 1961: 216. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

Tribe BECKERININI

Genus APHIURA Schmitz

APHIURA Schmitz, 1939: 113. Type species: Aphiura breviceps Schmitz, 1939, mon.
alistairi Disney, 2003b: 509. Australia (Tas).
borgmeieri Disney, 2003b: 512. Australia (Tas).
breviceps Schmitz, 1939: 113. NZ (NZ); Australia (Tas).
cynthiae Disney, 2003b: 513. Australia (Tas).
dissona Borgmeier, 1967a: 154. Australia (NSW).
distinctus Disney, 2003b: 515. Australia (Tas).
palpalis Borgmeier, 1963: 111. Australia (NSW).
tasmaniensis Disney, 2003b: 515. Australia (Tas).

Genus BECKERINA Malloch

BECKERINA Malloch, 1910: 17, 90. Type species: Phora umbrimargo Becker, 1901, mon.
polysticha Schmitz, 1939: 114. NZ (NZ).

Genus DISTICHOPHORA Schmitz

DISTICHOPHORA Schmitz, 1939: 114. Type species: Distichophora crassimana Schmitz, 1939, mon.
clavipalpis Borgmeier, 1963: 109. Australia (NSW).
crassimana Schmitz, 1939: 114. NZ (NZ).

Genus MACROSELIA Schmitz

MACROSELIA Schmitz, 1939: 112. Type species: Macroselia longiseta Schmitz, 1939, mon.
longiseta Schmitz, 1939: 112. NZ (NZ).

Genus PARAPHIURA Beyer

PARAPHIURA Beyer, 1966: 171. Type species: Paraphiura australis Beyer, 1966, mon.
australis Beyer, 1966: 171. Australia (Tas).

Genus PILOSAPHIURA Disney

PILOSAPHIURA Disney, 2003: 618. Type species: Pilosaphiura samanthae Disney, 2003, orig. des.
samanthae Disney, 2003: 622. Australia (Tas).

Genus RHOPICA Schmitz

RHOPICA Schmitz, 1927b: 77 [1929c: 125; 1929d: 125]. Type species: Rhopica cornigera Schmitz, 1927, mon.
cecidocera Disney, 2002: 285. PNG (PNG).
cornigera Schmitz, 1927b: 77 [1929c: 125; 1929d: 125]. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), PNG (PNG); Malaysia (Sabah).
hirashimai Goto, 1985: 88. PNG (PNG).
howseae Disney, 2002: 286. Australia (Qld).
papuana Disney, 2002: 289. PNG (PNG).

Unplaced genera of Phoridae

Genus AENIGMAPHORA Disney

AENIGMAPHORA Disney, 1996: 95. Type species: Aenigmaphora johndisneyi Disney, 1996, orig. des.
johndisneyi Disney, 1996: 97. Australia (NSW).


Genus PALLURA Walker

PALLURA Walker, 1859a: 127. Type species: Pallura invaria Walker, 1859, mon.
invaria Walker, 1859a: 127. Indonesia (Maluku).


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