Piophila

Piophila is a genus of small flies which includes the species known as the cheese fly. Both Piophila species feed on carrion, including human corpses.^[1][2]

Piophila
Piophila casei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Piophilidae
Tribe:	Piophilini
Genus:	Piophila Fallén, 1810
Type species
Musca casei Linnaeus, 1758

Description

Piophila are small dark flies with unmarked wings. The setulae (fine hairs) on the thorax are confined to three distinct rows.^[3]

Species

There are two species in the genus Piophila:^[4]

• Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758), the cheese fly
• Piophila megastigmata J. McAlpine, 1978