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Taxonomy of Family Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837
Brine flies, Shore flies, shore flies & brine flies, shore fly, shore-flies


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
412
22844
306890
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
178
15959
203753
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
126
11579
137184
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
116
10251
111672
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
90
4222
56473
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Ephydroidea
Zetterstedt, 1837
9
490
10434
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyEphydridae
Zetterstedt, 1837
Brine flies, Shore flies, Shore flies & brine flies
251
3545
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837
SubfamilyDiscomyzinae
Acloque, 1897
1
15
Genus
Species
SubfamilyEphydrinae
Zetterstedt, 1837
25
706
Genera
Species
SubfamilyGymnomyzinae
Latreille, 1829
8
28
Genera
Species
SubfamilyHydrelliinae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
18
853
Genera
Species
SubfamilyHydrellinae
Schiner, 1864
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyIlytheinae
Cresson, 1943
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyParydrinae
Wirth & Stone, 1956
19
471
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPsilopinae
Cresson, 1925
48
980
Genera
Species
GenusAcanthonotiphila
Lamb, 1912
  ⇒ Paratissa
2Species
GenusAchaetorisa
Papp, 1980
2Species
GenusAgrolimna
Cresson, 1917
2Species
GenusAquachasma
23Species
GenusAthryoglossa
1Species
GenusAtissina
Enderlein, 1936
0Species
GenusAxista
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Axysta
0Species
GenusBeckeriella
Williston, 1897
14Species
GenusBlepharisarsis
Schiner, 1868
  ⇒ Blepharitarsis
0Species
GenusBlepharitarsis
Macquart, 1843
1Species
GenusBlepharotarsus
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Blepharitarsis
0Species
GenusBrachyceutera
2Species
GenusCalocephala
Zetterstedt, 1846
  ⇒ Pelina
1Species
GenusCavatorella
Deonier, 1995
2Species
GenusCentromeromyia
Frey, 1954
  ⇒ Scatophila
1Species
GenusCeratocera
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Keratocera
1Species
GenusCerobothrium
Frey, 1958
4Species
GenusCerometopum
Cresson, 1914
2Species
GenusCeropsila
1Species
GenusChaetoapnaea
Hendel, 1930
0Species
GenusChaetoscatella
Malloch, 1934
  ⇒ Scatella
2Species
GenusClasiopa
Stenhammar, 1844
  ⇒ Discocerina
19Species
GenusCoganolimna
Ale-Rocha & Mathis, 2015
0Species
GenusCressoniella
Mitchell, 1934
  ⇒ Philygria
14Species
GenusCyphops
Jaennicke, 1867
1Species
GenusDagus
Cresson, 1935
9Species
GenusDiasemocera
Bezzi, 1895
24Species
GenusDichaetopareia
Oldenberg, 1923
  ⇒ Ilythea
2Species
GenusDicheta
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Dichaeta
0Species
GenusDichoeta
Macquart, 1835
  ⇒ Dichaeta
0Species
GenusDiedrops
Mathis & WIrth, 1976
4Species
GenusDimocoenia
Curran, 1934
  ⇒ Dimecoenia
0Species
GenusDioscocerina
Macquart, 1835
0Species
GenusDiscocerinella
Mercier, 1927
1Species
GenusDiscomyzoides
Becker, 1926
  ⇒ Clanoneurum
1Species
GenusDiscostriata
Krivosheina, 2008
0Species
GenusDomina
Hutton, 1901
  ⇒ Psilopa
1Species
GenusDryxella
Krivosheina, 2013
1Species
GenusEnchastes
Lamb, 1912
  ⇒ Placopsidella
1Species
GenusEphidra
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Ephydra
0Species
GenusEphygrobia
Schiner, 1862
  ⇒ Psilopa
20Species
GenusEpiphasis
Becker, 1907
  ⇒ Allotrichoma
1Species
GenusEremomusca
Mathis, 1985
2Species
GenusEremotrichoma
Giordani Soika, 1956
7Species
GenusEupsilopa
Malloch, 1934
  ⇒ Trypetomima
1Species
GenusEustigoptera
Cresson, 1930
0Species
GenusGlabrinus
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Mosillus
1Species
GenusGymnopa
Fallen, 1820
  ⇒ Panemeria
17Species
GenusGymnopha
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Gymnopa
0Species
GenusGynmopa
1Species
GenusHalephydra
Wirth, 1971
0Species
GenusHaplochila
Enderlein, 1922
  ⇒ Ochthera
2Species
GenusHemicyclops
De Meijere, 1913
  ⇒ Hecamede
2Species
GenusHeringium
Enderlein, 1934
  ⇒ Clanoneurum
1Species
GenusHidropota
Lioy, 1864
  ⇒ Hydrellia
0Species
GenusHoploaegis
Cresson, 1944
1Species
GenusHopoloaegis
1Species
GenusHydrina
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  ⇒ Philygria
24Species
GenusHydropota
Rondani, 1861
0Species
GenusHydropyrus
Cresson, 1934
  ⇒ Cirrula
1Species
GenusHygrella
Haliday, 1839
0Species
GenusIsgamera
Giordani Soika, 1956
2Species
GenusKarema
Cresson, 1929
2Species
GenusKeratocera
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  ⇒ Notiphila
7Species
GenusLeptocoenia
Mathis, 1975
0Species
GenusLeptopsilepa
1Species
GenusLissodrosophila
Okada, 1966
1Species
GenusMacrochyra
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
0Species
GenusMedeterus
Meigen, 1824
  ⇒ Medetera
111Species
GenusMesopsilopa
1Species
GenusMocillus
Samouelle, 1819
  ⇒ Mosillus
0Species
GenusMydaezealandia
Salmon, 1937
  ⇒ Ephydrella
1Species
GenusNapeae
1Species
GenusNapoea
Rondani, 1856
0Species
GenusNeohydrellia
Malloch, 1935
  ⇒ Hyadina
1Species
GenusNeopsilopa
1Species
GenusNeotrichoma
Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2012
  ⇒ Allotrichoma
0Species
GenusNeozealides
3Species
GenusNesopsilopa
Mathis & WIrth, 1977
3Species
GenusOchtera
Fallén & Rodhe, 1810
  ⇒ Ochthera
3Species
GenusOchtheroidea
Williston, 1896
  ⇒ Athyroglossa
8Species
GenusOrhthera
1Species
GenusOscinomima
Enderlein, 1912
  ⇒ Placopsidella
1Species
GenusParanapaea
Hendel, 1930
0Species
GenusParascatella
Cresson, 1935
  ⇒ Scatella
15Species
GenusParathyroglossa
Hendel, 1931
  ⇒ Athyroglossa
1Species
GenusParephydra
Coquillett, 1902
  ⇒ Atissa
1Species
GenusParhydra
0Species
GenusParhydroptera
Becker in Lindner, 1926
  ⇒ Parydroptera
0Species
GenusPegophila
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Notiphila
1Species
GenusPelex
Cresson, 1925
  ⇒ Ceropsilopa
1Species
GenusPelignus
Cresson, 1926
  ⇒ Schema
3Species
GenusPeltopsilopa
Hendel, 1914
4Species
GenusPhaiosterna
Cresson, 1916
  ⇒ Paralimna
1Species
GenusPhilippinocesa
Kocak & Kemal, 2010
0Species
GenusPhilygra
1Species
GenusPhilygriola
Hendel, 1917
  ⇒ Nostima
1Species
GenusPhysemops
Cresson, 1934
6Species
GenusPlagiops
Townsend, 1911
  ⇒ Chetogena
4Species
GenusPlagiopsis
Cresson, 1934
  ⇒ Aphria
5Species
GenusPoecilostenia
Bezzi, 1908
2Species
GenusPoecilothorax
Pleske, 1922
  ⇒ Paralimna
1Species
GenusPogonephydra
Hendel, 1917
  ⇒ Cirrula
1Species
GenusPseudoedenops
Seguy, 1951
1Species
GenusPseudohecamede
Hendel, 1936
  ⇒ Allotrichoma
4Species
GenusPseudopelina
Miyagi, 1977
1Species
GenusPsilephydra
Hendel, 1914
10Species
GenusPsilopoidea
Cresson, 1939
1Species
GenusPsiloposoma
Frey, 1958
1Species
GenusReymontopa
Zatwarnicki, 2016
0Species
GenusRhinchopsilopa
3Species
GenusRhychopsilopa
1Species
GenusRhynchopsilopa
Hendel, 1913
26Species
GenusRisa
Becker, 1907
7Species
GenusSaphaea
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
1Species
GenusScotimyza
Macquart, 1835
1Species
GenusScotomyza
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusSinops
Zhang, Yang & Mathis, 2005
4Species
GenusSklodowskopa
Zatwarnicki, 2016
0Species
GenusSoikia
Canzoneri & Meneghini, 1969
  ⇒ Hecamede
1Species
GenusStenochthera
Hendel, 1930
  ⇒ Ochthera
3Species
GenusStictoscatella
Collin, 1930
0Species
GenusStrandillus
Duda, 1942
  ⇒ Chlorichaeta
1Species
GenusStrandiscocera
Duda, 1942
1Species
GenusSynhoplos
Lamb, 1917
  ⇒ Scatella
3Species
GenusTeicomyza
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Scatella
0Species
GenusTetramerogastra
Hendel, 1914
1Species
GenusThiomyia
Wirth, 1954
  ⇒ Paracoenia
1Species
GenusTichomyza
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Scatella
0Species
GenusTrimerogaster
2Species
GenusTrypetomina
Cresson, 1929
  ⇒ Trypetomima
0Species
GenusTunisia
Becker, 1907
  ⇒ Homalometopus
1Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Ephydridae
GermanSalzfliegen, Sumpffliegen, Uferfliegen, Weitmaulfliegen
EnglishBrine flies, Shore flies, Shore flies & brine flies, Shore fly, Shore-flies
DutchOevervliegen, Watervliegen
DanishVandfluer
SwedishVattenflugor
FinnishLiejukärpäset
NorwegianVannfluer


Distribution and Species lists of Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837
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Afghanistan
20 Genera  32 Species
Albania
7 Genera  8 Species
Algeria
19 Genera  34 Species
Angola
9 Genera  12 Species
Argentina
39 Genera  113 Species
Armenia
1 Genus  1 Species
Australia
47 Genera  120 Species
Austria
29 Genera  111 Species
Azerbaijan
4 Genera  4 Species
Bahamas
11 Genera  19 Species
Bangladesh
2 Genera  2 Species
Barbados
3 Genera  2 Species
Belgium
29 Genera  82 Species
Belize
19 Genera  24 Species
Benin
2 Genera  2 Species
Bhutan
1 Genus  1 Species
Bolivia
16 Genera  28 Species
Botswana
9 Genera  12 Species
Brazil
29 Genera  60 Species
Brunei
1 Genus  1 Species
Bulgaria
23 Genera  47 Species
Burkina Faso
1 Genus  1 Species
Burundi
2 Genera  3 Species
Cameroon
5 Genera  8 Species
Canada
54 Genera  213 Species
Cape Verde
20 Genera  24 Species
Chad
4 Genera  4 Species
Chile
25 Genera  97 Species
China
34 Genera  76 Species
Colombia
24 Genera  44 Species
Costa Rica
42 Genera  77 Species
Cuba
22 Genera  20 Species
Cyprus
5 Genera  6 Species
Czech Republic
40 Genera  167 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 Genera  2 Species
Denmark
31 Genera  93 Species
Dominica
8 Genera  10 Species
Dominican Republic
7 Genera  14 Species
Ecuador
31 Genera  69 Species
Egypt
30 Genera  84 Species
El Salvador
7 Genera  8 Species
Equatorial Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Eritrea
1 Genus  1 Species
Estonia
11 Genera  17 Species
Ethiopia
14 Genera  21 Species
Fiji
7 Genera  11 Species
Finland
37 Genera  201 Species
France
35 Genera  120 Species
Gabon
3 Genera  3 Species
Gambia
16 Genera  29 Species
Georgia
8 Genera  11 Species
Germany
41 Genera  190 Species
Ghana
6 Genera  11 Species
Greece
30 Genera  60 Species
Grenada
3 Genera  3 Species
Guatemala
11 Genera  17 Species
Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Guyana
7 Genera  8 Species
Haiti
5 Genera  6 Species
Honduras
11 Genera  12 Species
Hungary
22 Genera  78 Species
Iceland
21 Genera  38 Species
India
32 Genera  60 Species
Indonesia
31 Genera  87 Species
Iran
14 Genera  22 Species
Iraq
3 Genera  3 Species
Ireland
10 Genera  12 Species
Israel
18 Genera  31 Species
Italy
44 Genera  210 Species
Ivory Coast
3 Genera  2 Species
Jamaica
8 Genera  10 Species
Japan
37 Genera  83 Species
Jordan
7 Genera  8 Species
Kazakhstan
2 Genera  2 Species
Kenya
27 Genera  64 Species
Kiribati
6 Genera  7 Species
Kyrgyzstan
2 Genera  2 Species
Laos
2 Genera  2 Species
Latvia
1 Genus  1 Species
Lebanon
1 Genus  1 Species
Lesotho
2 Genera  2 Species
Liberia
12 Genera  8 Species
Libya
3 Genera  5 Species
Lithuania
1 Genus  1 Species
Luxembourg
1 Genus  1 Species
Madagascar
25 Genera  50 Species
Malawi
4 Genera  3 Species
Malaysia
11 Genera  16 Species
Maldives
1 Genus  1 Species
Mali
1 Genus  1 Species
Malta
7 Genera  7 Species
Marshall Islands
7 Genera  7 Species
Mauritius
1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
43 Genera  120 Species
Micronesia
23 Genera  37 Species
Moldova
1 Genus  1 Species
Mongolia
8 Genera  12 Species
Montenegro
1 Genus  1 Species
Morocco
8 Genera  10 Species
Mozambique
8 Genera  14 Species
Myanmar
2 Genera  2 Species
Namibia
11 Genera  16 Species
Nepal
15 Genera  23 Species
Netherlands
42 Genera  126 Species
New Zealand
19 Genera  63 Species
Nicaragua
4 Genera  3 Species
Niger
3 Genera  3 Species
Nigeria
14 Genera  27 Species
Norway
50 Genera  325 Species
Oman
12 Genera  10 Species
Pakistan
11 Genera  16 Species
Palau
5 Genera  7 Species
Panama
29 Genera  49 Species
Papua New Guinea
33 Genera  58 Species
Paraguay
12 Genera  17 Species
Peru
23 Genera  40 Species
Philippines
23 Genera  37 Species
Poland
23 Genera  77 Species
Portugal
23 Genera  45 Species
Republic South Africa
41 Genera  84 Species
Romania
15 Genera  25 Species
Russia
28 Genera  81 Species
Rwanda
17 Genera  37 Species
Saint Lucia
3 Genera  3 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8 Genera  9 Species
Samoa
7 Genera  9 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 Genus  1 Species
Saudi Arabia
8 Genera  13 Species
Senegal
23 Genera  38 Species
Serbia
2 Genera  2 Species
Seychelles
21 Genera  25 Species
Sierra Leone
23 Genera  69 Species
Singapore
5 Genera  10 Species
Slovakia
25 Genera  77 Species
Solomon Islands
20 Genera  24 Species
South Korea
2 Genera  2 Species
Spain
33 Genera  67 Species
Sri Lanka
21 Genera  37 Species
Sudan
15 Genera  22 Species
Suriname
1 Genus  1 Species
Sweden
48 Genera  251 Species
Switzerland
9 Genera  14 Species
Syria
2 Genera  2 Species
Taiwan
42 Genera  108 Species
Tajikistan
3 Genera  4 Species
Tanzania
19 Genera  31 Species
Thailand
13 Genera  21 Species
Tonga
5 Genera  5 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
8 Genera  11 Species
Tunisia
11 Genera  19 Species
Turkey
5 Genera  9 Species
Turkmenistan
3 Genera  3 Species
Uganda
6 Genera  18 Species
Ukraine
5 Genera  5 Species
United Arab Emirates
3 Genera  3 Species
United Kingdom
46 Genera  195 Species
Uruguay
9 Genera  10 Species
USA
92 Genera  593 Species
Uzbekistan
2 Genera  4 Species
Vanuatu
5 Genera  5 Species
Venezuela
15 Genera  19 Species
Vietnam
11 Genera  15 Species
Yemen
6 Genera  8 Species
Zambia
2 Genera  1 Species
Zimbabwe
11 Genera  19 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Ecozone
Lakes


Links, sources and further information
Ephydridae at artfakta.se
Ephydridae at dyntaxa.se
Ephydridae at gbif.org
Ephydridae at irmng.org
Ephydridae at itis.gov
Ephydridae at marinespecies.org