Identification
This is a small family of 67 species in 23 genera, mainly Holarctic in distribution. The nomenclature is currently volatile, with two family names (Neottiophilinae and Thyreophorinae) recently in use becoming subsumed in the Piophilinae.
Recent works containing descriptive key sequences useful for accurate insect identification are:
- McAlpine JF. 1977. A revised classification of the Piophilidae, including 'Neottiophilidae' and 'Thyreophoridae' (Diptera: Schizophora). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 103: 1-66
- McAlpine JF. (ed.) 1989. Manual of Nearctic Diptera (Vol. 3). Agriculture Canada Monograph No. 32.
- Ozerov, 2000. Piophilidae. In: Papp, L. & Darvas, A. (eds). Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Appendix Volume. Science Herald, Budapest.pp 355–365. ISBN 963-04-8840-X
- Shtakel'berg, A.A. Family Piophilidae in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insectsof the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition
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