Phoridae

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The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their method of quickly running across a surface instead of taking flight to escape threats. This behaviour is a source of one of their alternate names, scuttle fly. Another vernacular name, coffin fly, refers to Conicera tibialis. About 4,000 species are known in 230 genera. The most well-known species is cosmopolitan Megaselia scalaris. At 0.4 mm in length, the world's smallest fly is the phorid Euryplatea nanaknihali.

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