Ephydra

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Ephydroidea

Familia: Ephydridae
Subfamilia: Ephydrinae
Tribus: Ephydrini
Genus: Ephydra
Subgenera: E. (Ephydra) – E. (Halephydra) – E. (Hydropyrus)

Alkali Fly - Ephydra hians, Mono Lake, California

Ephydra is a genus of flies belonging to the family Ephydridae.[3]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species

Ephydra acrostichalis Malloch, 1925[4]
Ephydra acutata Hu & Yang, 2002[5]
Ephydra afghanica Dahl, 1961
Ephydra alandica Frey, 1909
Ephydra attica Becker, 1896[6]
Ephydra auripes Aldrich, 1912
Ephydra basilaris Waltl, 1837
Ephydra bivittata Loew, 1860[7]
Ephydra breva Hu & Yang, 2002[5]
Ephydra brevis (Walker, 1858)
Ephydra bruesi Cresson, 1934[8]
Ephydra currani Wirth, 1971
Ephydra dorsala Hu & Yang, 2002[5]
Ephydra flavipes (Macquart, 1843)
Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830
Ephydra goedeni Wirth, 1971
Ephydra gracilis Packard, 1871
Ephydra heijingensis Hu & Yang, 2002[5]
Ephydra hejingensis Hu & Yang, 2002[5]
Ephydra hians Say, 1830[9]
Ephydra japonica Miyagi, 1966
Ephydra lata (Walker, 1858)
Ephydra macellaria Egger, 1862
Ephydra magadiensis Wirth, 1975
Ephydra mexicana Cresson, 1934[8]
Ephydra millbrae Jones, 1906
Ephydra murina Wirth, 1975
Ephydra nana (Walker, 1858)
Ephydra niveiceps Cresson, 1916
Ephydra novae-zealandiae Tonnoir & Malloch, 1926
Ephydra obscuripes Loew, 1866[10]
Ephydra ochrostoma Brullé, 1833
Ephydra opaca Loew, 1856[11]
Ephydra orichalcea Gimmerthal, 1847
Ephydra packardi Wirth, 1971
Ephydra pectinulata Cresson, 1916
Ephydra pseudomurina Krivosheina, 1983
Ephydra riparia Fallén, 1813[12]
Ephydra scholtzi Becker, 1896[6]
Ephydra shalatinensis El-Moursy, Negm, El-Hawagry & Ebrahim, 2006
Ephydra similis Tonnoir & Malloch, 1926
Ephydra stuckenbergi Wirth, 1975
Ephydra subopaca Loew, 1864
Ephydra thermophila Cresson, 1934[8]
Ephydra tibetensis Cresson, 1934[8]
Ephydra urmiana Gunther, 1899
Ephydra usingeri Wirth, 1976
Ephydra yangi Hu & Yang, 2002[5]

References

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Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
Malloch, J.R. (1925). "Notes on Australian Diptera. No. vii". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 50: 311-340.
Hu, X.Y.; Yang, D. (2002). "New species and new records of the genus Ephydra Fallen (Diptera: Ephydridae) from China". Studia Dipterologica. 8 (2001): 529–537.
Becker, T. (1896). "Dipterologische Studien. IV. Ephydridae". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 41: 91–276, 4 pls. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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Fallen, C.F. (1813). "Beskrifning ofver nagra i Sverige funna vattenflugor (Hydromyzides)". K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. [ser. 3], 1813: 240–257.