Rhinophorinae Explained

Rhinophorinae is a subfamily of flies (Diptera), commonly known as Woodlouse Flies,^[1] found in all zoogeographic regions except Oceania, but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions.

They are small, slender, black, bristly flies phylogenetically close to the Tachinidae, formally many authors considered them a family, they are now a subfamily in the Calliphoridae.^[2] The larvae are mostly parasitoids of woodlice, beetles, spiders, and other arthropods, and occasionally snails.

By 2020, about 33 genera were placed in the family, with a total 177 species.^[1]

Genera

• Acompomintho Villeneuve, 1927^[3]
• Apomorphyto Cerretti, Lo Giudice & Pape, 2014^[4]
• Aporeomyia Pape & Shima, 1993^[5]
• Axinia Colless, 1994
• Azaisia Villeneuve, 1939^[6]
• Baniassa Kugler, 1978^[7]
• Bezzimyia Townsend, 1919^[8]
• Bixinia Cerretti, Lo Giudice & Pape, 2014^[4]
• Comoromyia Crosskey, 1977^[9]
• Kinabalumyia Cerretti & Pape, 2020^[1]
• Macrotarsina Schiner, 1857^[10]
• Malayia Malloch, 1926^[11]
• Marshallicona Cerretti & Pape, 2020^[1]
• Maurhinophora Cerretti & Pape, 2020^[1]
• Melanomyoides Crosskey, 1977^[9]
• Melanophora Meigen, 1803^[12]
• Metoplisa Kugler, 1978^[7]
• Neotarsina Cerretti & Pape, 2020^[1]
• Oplisa Rondani, 1862^[13]
• Oxytachina Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1891^[14]
• Parazamimus Verbeke, 1962^[15]
• Paykullia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[16]
• Phyto Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[16]
• Queximyia Crosskey, 1977^[9]
• Rhinodonia Cerretti, Lo Giudice & Pape, 2014^[4]
• Rhinomorinia Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1889^[17]
• Rhinopeza Cerretti, Lo Giudice & Pape, 2014^[4]
• Rhinophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[16]
• Shannoniella Townsend, 1939^[18]
• Stevenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[16]
• Tricogena Rondani, 1856^[19]
• Tromodesia Rondani, 1856
• Trypetidomima Townsend, 1935^[20]
• Ventrops Crosskey, 1977^[9]

Notes and References

1. Cerretti. Pierfilippo. Badano. Davide. Gisondi. Silvia. Lo Giudice. Giuseppe. Pape. Thomas. 15 Jan 2020. The world woodlouse flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae). ZooKeys. 903. 1–130. 10.3897/zookeys.903.37775. 31997887. 6976704. free. 2020ZooK..903....1C . 2 December 2023.
2. Yan . Liping . Pape . Thomas . Meusemann . Karen . Kutty . Sujatha Narayanan . Meier . Rudolf . Bayless . Keith M . Zhang . Dong . Monophyletic blowflies revealed by phylogenomics . BMC Biology . 2021 . 19 . 230 . 230 . 10.1186/s12915-021-01156-4 . free . 34706743 . 8555136 .
3. Villeneuve . J. . Tachinides nouveaux de Formose et du Congo . Rev. Zool. Afr. . 1927 . 15 . 217–224.
4. Cerretti . P. . Logiudice . G. . Pape . T. . Remarable Rhinophoridae in a growing generic genealogy (Diptera: Calyptrate, Oestroidea) . Systematic Entomology . 2014 . 39 . 4 . 660–690. 10.1111/syen.12080. 2014SysEn..39..660C . 83536162.
5. Pape . T. . Shima . H. . A new genus of Tachinidae from the Philippines (Diptera) . Tijdschrift voor Entomologie . 1993 . 136 . 475–481 . 2 December 2023.
6. Villeneuve J . Présentation de quelques myodaires supérieurs inédits . Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique . 1939 . 79 . 347–354 .
7. Kugler J . The Rhinophoridae (Diptera) of Israel . Israel Journal of Entomology . 1978 . 12 . 65–106 . 15 July 2018.
8. Townsend . C.H.T. . New genera and species of muscoid flies . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1919 . 56 . 2301 . 541–592 . 10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541 . 5 July 2023.
9. Crosskey . R. W. . A review of the Rhinophoridae (Diptera) and a revision of the Afrotropical species . Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series . 1977 . 36 . 1–66 . 1 July 2021.
10. Schiner IR . Dipterologische Fragmente . Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien . 1857 . 7 . 3–20 . 14 July 2018.
11. Malloch . J.R. . Notes on Oriental Diptera, with descriptions of new species . Philippine Journal of Science . 1926 . 31 . 491–512.
12. Meigen. J. W.. Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Mag. Insektenkd. 1803. 2. 259–281.
13. Book: Rondani C . Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. . V. Species Italicae ... Pars Quarta. Muscidae. Phasiinae -- Dexiinae -- Muscinae -- Stomoxidinae . 1862 . Parmae [=Parma] . 1–239.
14. Brauer. F.. Bergenstamm. J. E. von . 1891 . Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. V. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae) . F. Tempsky, Wien. 142.
15. Verbeke . J. . Contribution a l'étude des Tachinidae africains (Diptera) . Exploration Hydrobiologique des Lacs Kivu, Édouard et Albert (1952–1954). Résultats scientifiques . 1962 . 3 . 4 . 77–187 + 25 pls.
16. Robineau-Desvoidy AJ . Essai sur les myodaires . Mémoires Presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par Divers Savants et Lus dans ses Assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique . 1830 . 2 . 2 . 1–813 . 15 July 2018.
17. Brauer FM, von Bergenstamm JE . Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae). Pars I . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften . 1889 . 1889 56 . 1 . 69–180, 11 pls . 15 July 2018.
18. Townsend CH . New and striking melanophorid tribe and gymnosomatid genera from Rio de Janeiro (Diptera Oestromuscaria) . Rev. Ent. (Rio J.) . 1939 . 10 . 249–254.
19. Book: Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. Rondani C. 1956. A. Stocchi. Parmae [= Parma].. 226 + [2] pp.
20. Townsend . Charles Henry Tyler . New muscoid genera, mainly from the Neotropical Region . Revista de Entomologia . 1935 . 5 . 68–74.