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Phoridae

   Small to minute flies with a characteristic hunchback appearance. The legs, in particular the hind femora, are strongly developed. Many are scavengers in carrion and decomposing matter.     [90 Aust. species]

museum no.: gvc1065

 

  

 

      

References:

Insects of Australia (Chapter 39: Diptera)

D.H. Colless and D.K. McAlpine

CSIRO, Division of Entomology

1137pp (2 volumes), Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1999.

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