Pygophora is a genus of flies belonging to the family Muscidae, comprising roughly 80 species as of 2023.

[1] The species of this genus are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

[2] The genus can be divided into two groups based on the number of preapical setae on the mid femur.

Some species have only one preapical setae, and these occur in Asia and Africa while being unknown in New Guinea, Australia and the Pacific.

Conversely, the species with two preapical setae occur mainly in Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and the western Pacific, with few species in mainland Asia and none in mainland Asia.