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Phoridae

Insect
The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly across a surface rather than taking to the wing. This behaviour is a source of one of their... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Phoridae
Order: Diptera
Nickname: humpbacked flies
Family: Phoridae; Curtis, 1833
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda