title: Piophila
text: # 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.
  
  ## Description
  
  Piophila are small dark flies with unmarked wings. The setulae (fine hairs) on the thorax are confined to three distinct rows.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are two species in the genus Piophila:
  
  * Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758), the cheese fly
  * Piophila megastigmata J. McAlpine, 1978
  