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 are small dark flies with unmarked wings.

The setulae (fine hairs) on the thorax are confined to three distinct rows.

This article related to members of the muscomorph flies superfamily Tephritoidea is a stub.