Rhinophoridae
thumb|Schematic representation of the infection cycle of a Rhinophoridae fly in a woodlouse host. thumb|thumbtime=24|Rhinophora lepida on Cardamine pratensis (video, 1m 50s) Rhinophorinae is a subfamily of flies (Diptera), commonly known as Woodlouse Flies, found in all zoogeographic regions except Oceania, but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions.
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thumb|Schematic representation of the infection cycle of a Rhinophoridae fly in a woodlouse host. thumb|thumbtime=24|Rhinophora lepida on Cardamine pratensis (video, 1m 50s) Rhinophorinae is a subfamily of flies (Diptera), commonly known as Woodlouse Flies, 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. The larvae are mostly parasitoids of woodlice, beetles, spiders, and other arthropods, and occasionally snails.