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Checklist for Family Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837 (Brine flies)
and region West USA (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
782
15067
62702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
777
15046
62673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
739
14833
62018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
479
12088
52316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
130
2457
13123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
96
1842
9744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
73
1232
5643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
69
1029
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
53
497
2274
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ephydroidea
Zetterstedt, 1837
5
82
404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEphydridae
Zetterstedt, 1837
Brine flies, Shore flies, Shore flies & brine flies
60
289
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West USA
60 Genera with 289 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRST
Allotrichoma Becker, 19267SpeciesTaxom
Asmeringa Becker, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Athyroglossa Loew, 19545SpeciesTaxom
Atissa Haliday, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Axysta Haliday, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Brachydeutera Loew, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Callinapaea Sturtevant &..., 19541SpeciesTaxom
Calocoenia Mathis, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Ceropsilopa Cresson, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Cirrula Cresson, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Coenia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dichaeta Meigen, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Diclasiopa Hendel, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Discocerina Macquart, 19405SpeciesTaxom
Discomyza Meigen, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Ditrichophora Cresson, 194210SpeciesTaxom
Ephydra Fallen, 197615SpeciesTaxom
Ephydrella Tonnoir & Ma..., 19872SpeciesTaxom
Eutaenionotum Oldenberg, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Gastrops Williston, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Glenanthe Haliday, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoclasiopa Hendel, 19247SpeciesTaxom
Haloscatella Mathis, 1979
0SpeciesTaxom
Hecamede Halida, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Hecamedoides Hendel, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Helaeomyia Cresson, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Hyadina Curtis, 19848SpeciesTaxom
Hydrellia Robineau-Des..., 194431SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochasma Hendel, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Hydropyrus Cresson, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ilythea Haliday, 18323SpeciesTaxom
Lamproscatella Hendel, 18339SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsilopa Cresson, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Limnellia Malloch, 19787SpeciesTaxom
Lipochaeta Coquillett, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Lytogaster Becker, 19824SpeciesTaxom
Microlytogaster Clausen, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Mosillus Latreille, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Nostima Coquillett, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Notiphila Fallen, 185220SpeciesTaxom
Ochthera Latreille, 18629SpeciesTaxom
Oedenops Becker, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Paracoenia Cresson, 19276SpeciesTaxom
Paralimna Loew, 19888SpeciesTaxom
Parydra Stenhammar, 194926SpeciesTaxom
Pelignellus Sturtevant &..., 19541SpeciesTaxom
Pelina Curtis, 18786SpeciesTaxom
Peltopsilopa Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Philotelma Becker, 20094SpeciesTaxom
Philygria Stenhammar, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Polytrichophora Cresson, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Psilopa Fallen, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Ptilomyia Coquillett, 19424SpeciesTaxom
Rhinonapaea Wirth, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Scatella Robineau-Des..., 193319SpeciesTaxom
Scatophila Becker, 195415SpeciesTaxom
Schema Becker, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Setacera Cresson, 19256SpeciesTaxom
Trimerinoides Cresson, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Typopsilopa Cresson, 18962SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West USA
289 Species
Allotrichoma abdominale Williston, 1896
Allotrichoma bezzii Becker, 1896
Allotrichoma lacteum Cresson, 1926
Allotrichoma lasicercum Cresson, 1926
Allotrichoma lasiocercum (Cresson, 1926)⇒ Allotrichoma lasicercum Cresson, 1926
Allotrichoma laterale Loew, 1860
Allotrichoma yosemite Cresson, 1926
Asmeringa lindsleyi Sturtevant &..., 1954
Athyroglossa (Athyroglossa) glabra Meigen, 1830
Athyroglossa (Parathyroglossa) scabra Cresson, 1925
Athyroglossa cressoni Wirth, 1980Cushion phlox
Athyroglossa dinorata Mathis & Zat..., 1990
Athyroglossa transversa Sturtevant &..., 1954
Atissa litoralis Cole, 1912
Atissa pygmaea Haliday, 1833
Axysta americana Clausen, 1983
Brachydeutera sturtevanti Wirth, 1964Downy phlox
Callinapaea aldrichi Sturtevant &..., 1954
Calocoenia (Leptocoenia) paurosoma Sturtevant &..., 1954Mountain Fritillary
Calocoenia platypelta Cresson, 1935
Ceropsilopa coquilletti Cresson, 1922Shore fly
Ceropsilopa dispar Cresson, 1922
Cirrula austrina Coquillett, 1900
Coenia curvicauda Meigen, 1830
Dichaeta caudata Fallen, 1813
Dichaeta zacki Mathis & Zat..., 2007
Diclasiopa lacteipennis Loew, 1862
Discocerina flavipes Cresson, 1941
Discocerina nadineae Cresson, 1925
Discocerina obscurella Fallen, 1813
Discocerina trochanterata Cresson, 1940
Discocerina turgidula Cresson, 1940
Discomyza maculipennis Wiedemann, 1824Shore fly
Ditrichophora argyrostoma Cresson, 1916
Ditrichophora bohemanni Becker, 1896
Ditrichophora lenis Cresson, 1940
Ditrichophora lugubris Cresson, 1940
Ditrichophora montana Cresson, 1942
Ditrichophora occidentalis Cresson, 1942
Ditrichophora simiaceps Cresson, 1940
Ditrichophora subnubila Cresson, 1940
Ditrichophora tacoma Cresson, 1924
Ditrichophora valens Cresson, 1942
Ephydra (Hydropyrus) hians Say, 1830Brine fly
Ephydra auripes Aldrich, 1912
Ephydra bruesi Cresson, 1934
Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830
Ephydra goedeni Wirth, 1971
Ephydra gracilis Packard, 1871Shore fly
Ephydra macellaria Egger, 1862Freija Fritillary
Ephydra millbrae Jones, 1906Gray's catchfly
Ephydra niveiceps Cresson, 1916
Ephydra obscuripes (Loew, 1866)⇒ Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830
Ephydra packardi Wirth, 1971
Ephydra pectinulata Cresson, 1916
Ephydra riparia Fallen, 1813
Ephydra thermophila Cresson, 1934
Ephydra usingeri Wirth, 1976Siberian phlox
Ephydrella breviseta Malloch, 1925
Ephydrella marshalli Bock, 1987
Eutaenionotum guttipennis Stenhammar, 1844Mascarene Island leaf-flower
Glenanthe litorea Cresson, 1925
Gymnoclasiopa argyrostoma Cresson, 1916
Gymnoclasiopa grecorum Mathis & Zat..., 2012
Gymnoclasiopa matanuska Mathis & Zat..., 2012
Gymnoclasiopa parilis Cresson, 1924
Gymnoclasiopa psilopina Frey, 1933
Gymnoclasiopa subnubila Cresson, 1940
Gymnoclasiopa tacoma Cresson, 1924
Hecamede (Hecamede) australis Mathis, 1993
Hecamedoides unispinosus Collin, 1943
Helaeomyia petrolei Coquillett, 1899Petroleum fly
Hyadina binotata Cresson, 1926
Hyadina clauseni Mathis & Zat..., 2004
Hyadina flavipes (Sturtevant &..., 1954)⇒ Hyadina furva Cresson, 1926
Hyadina furva Cresson, 1926
Hyadina pruinosa Cresson, 1926
Hyadina subnitida Sturtevant &..., 1954
Hyadina ukundensis Canzoneri & ..., 1987
Hyadina vockerothi Clausen, 1984
Hydrellia americana Cresson, 1931
Hydrellia borealis Cresson, 1944
Hydrellia caliginosa Cresson, 1936
Hydrellia cruralis (Coquillett, 1910)⇒ Hydrellia fascitibia Roser, 1840
Hydrellia deceptor Deonier, 1971
Hydrellia definita Cresson, 1944
Hydrellia discursa Deonier, 1971
Hydrellia flavicoxalis Cresson, 1944
Hydrellia genitalis Bock, 1990
Hydrellia griseola Fallen, 1813Shore fly
Hydrellia ischiaca Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Hydrellia lata Cresson, 1944
Hydrellia manitobae Deonier, 1971
Hydrellia melanderi Deonier, 1971
Hydrellia morrisoni Cresson, 1924
Hydrellia nobilis Loew, 1862
Hydrellia perplexa Bock, 1990
Hydrellia personata Deonier, 1971
Hydrellia platygastra Cresson, 1931
Hydrellia proclinata Cresson, 1915
Hydrellia pulla Cresson, 1931
Hydrellia serena Cresson, 1931
Hydrellia serica Bock, 1990
Hydrellia subnitens Cresson, 1931
Hydrellia tenebricosa Collin, 1939
Hydrellia tibialis Cresson, 1917
Hydrellia trifasciata Bock, 1990
Hydrellia tritici Coquillett, 1903Lawn fly
Hydrellia unigena Cresson, 1944
Hydrellia victoria Cresson, 1932
Hydrellia wilburi Cresson, 1944
Hydrochasma avanae Mathis & Zat..., 0
Hydrochasma faciale Williston, 1896
Hydrochasma leucoproctum Loew, 1861
Hydropyrus hiansBrine fly
Ilythea caniceps Cresson, 1918
Ilythea flaviceps Cresson, 1916
Ilythea spilota Curtis, 1832
Lamproscatella arichaeta Mathis, 1979
Lamproscatella bimaculata Hendel, 1933
Lamproscatella brunnipennis Malloch, 1923
Lamproscatella dichaeta Mathis, 1860
Lamproscatella lattini Mathis, 1979Columbia Gorge rockcress
Lamproscatella muria Mathis, 1979Columbia Gorge rockcress
Lamproscatella occidentalis Mathis, 1979Columbia Gorge rockcress
Lamproscatella quadrisetosa Becker, 1896
Lamproscatella sibilans Haliday, 1833
Leptopsilopa atrimana Loew, 1878
Leptopsilopa similis Coquillett, 1900
Leptopsilopa varipes Coquillett, 1900
Limnellia anderssoni Mathis, 1978Fruit rockcress
Limnellia balioptera Mathis, 1978Fruit rockcress
Limnellia quadrata Fallen, 1813
Limnellia rainier Mathis & Zack, 1980Drummond's rockcress
Limnellia sejuncta Loew, 1863
Limnellia stenhammari Zetterstedt, 1846
Limnellia turneri Mathis, 1978Fruit rockcress
Lipochaeta ranica Mathis & Tra..., 2003
Lipochaeta slossonae Coquillett, 1896
Lytogaster cervenkae Clausen, 1982
Lytogaster excavata Sturtevant &..., 1954
Lytogaster gravida Loew, 1863Shore fly
Lytogaster obscura Clausen, 1982
Microlytogaster extera Cresson, 1924
Mosillus bidentatus Cresson, 1926
Mosillus tibialis Cresson, 1916Shore fly
Nostima picta (Fallen, 1813)⇒ Philygria picta Fallen, 1813
Nostima scutellaris Cresson, 1933
Notiphila (Agrolimna) uliginosa Haliday, 1839
Notiphila (Notiphila) fuscimana Malloch, 1925
Notiphila (Notiphila) riparia Meigen, 1830
Notiphila atripes Cresson, 1917
Notiphila avia Loew, 1878
Notiphila decoris Williston, 1893
Notiphila deserta Mathis, 1979Columbia Gorge rockcress
Notiphila elophila Mathis, 1979Columbia Gorge rockcress
Notiphila erythrocera Loew, 1878
Notiphila footei Mathis, 1979Columbia Gorge rockcress
Notiphila hamifera Wheeler, 1961Peruvian groundcherry
Notiphila loewi Cresson, 1917
Notiphila macrochaeta Loew, 1878
Notiphila nanosoma Mathis, 1979Columbia Gorge rockcress
Notiphila olivacea Cresson, 1917
Notiphila pallidipalpis Cresson, 1940
Notiphila quadrisetosa Thomson, 1869
Notiphila scoliochaeta Mathis, 1979Columbia Gorge rockcress
Notiphila sicca Cresson, 1940
Notiphila solita Walker, 1852Curtiss' milkweed
Ochthera acta Clausen, 1977
Ochthera anatolikos Clausen, 1977
Ochthera baia Cresson, 1931
Ochthera borealis Clausen, 1977
Ochthera collina Clausen, 1977
Ochthera cuprilineata Wheeler, 1896Cypresshead groundcherry
Ochthera mantis De Geer, 1776Mantis Fly
Ochthera occidentalis Clausen, 1977
Ochthera tuberculata Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Oedenops nudus Coquillett, 1902
Paracoenia ampla Mathis, 1975Park rockcress
Paracoenia bisetosa Coquillett, 1902
Paracoenia calida Mathis, 1976Park rockcress
Paracoenia fumosalis Cresson, 1935Mosses
Paracoenia quatei Wirth, 1954
Paracoenia turbida Curran, 1927
Paralimna (Paralimna) javana Wulp, 1891
Paralimna (Paralimna) millepuncta Malloch, 1925
Paralimna (Paralimna) uniseta Malloch, 1925
Paralimna decipiens Loew, 1878
Paralimna lineata Meijere, 1908
Paralimna multipunctata Williston, 1896Hogvine
Paralimna punctipennis Wiedemann, 1830
Paralimna spatiosa Bock, 1988
Parydra (Chaetoapnaea) fossarum Haliday, 1833
Parydra (Parydra) aquila Fallen, 1813
Parydra acuta Clausen, 1971
Parydra alpina Cresson, 1924
Parydra appendiculata Loew, 1878
Parydra aurata Jones, 1906Gray's catchfly
Parydra borealis Cresson, 1949
Parydra breviceps Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Parydra copis Clausen, 1971
Parydra halteralis Cresson, 1930
Parydra hamata Clausen, 1971
Parydra humilis Williston, 1897
Parydra incommoda Cresson, 1930
Parydra joaquinensis Clausen, 1971
Parydra lingulata Clausen, 1971
Parydra parasocia (Clausen & Cook, 1971)⇒ Parydra fossarum Haliday, 1833
Parydra parva Cresson, 1949Leafy hepatics
Parydra paullula Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Parydra pedalis Clausen, 1971
Parydra penisica Clausen, 1971
Parydra quadriloba Clausen, 1971
Parydra socia Cresson, 1934
Parydra spinosa Clausen, 1971
Parydra unituberculata Loew, 1878
Parydra varia Loew, 1863Copper mallow
Parydra vulgaris Cresson, 1949
Pelignellus subnudus Sturtevant &..., 1954
Pelina bispinosa Clausen, 1973
Pelina canadensis Cresson, 1934
Pelina compar Cresson, 1934
Pelina latiforma Clausen, 1973
Pelina neaenescens Clausen, 1973
Pelina truncatula Loew, 1878
Peltopsilopa aspistes Hendel, 1914
Philotelma alaskense Cresson, 1935Mosses
Philotelma alaskensis Cresson, 1935
Philotelma defecta Haliday, 1833
Philotelma tecopa Mathis, Zatw..., 2009
Philygria debilis Loew, 1861Brine fly
Philygria nigrescens Cresson, 1930
Philygria opposita (Loew, 1861)⇒ Philygria punctatonervosa Fallen, 1813
Polytrichophora conciliata Cresson, 1924
Polytrichophora orbitalis Loew, 1861
Polytrichophora salix Mathis & Zat..., 2012
Polytrichophora setigera Cresson, 1916
Psilopa compta Meigen, 1830
Psilopa girschneri Röder, 1889Egyptian carissa
Psilopa leucostoma Meigen, 1830
Ptilomyia alkalinella Cresson, 1942
Ptilomyia lobiochaeta Sturtevant &..., 1954
Ptilomyia occidentalis Sturtevant &..., 1954
Ptilomyia pleuriseta Cresson, 1942
Rhinonapaea metallica Cole, 1921
Scatella (Neoscatella) albilutea Mathis & WIrth, 1981
Scatella (Neoscatella) bicolor Mathis & WIrth, 1981
Scatella (Neoscatella) crassicosta Becker, 1896
Scatella (Neoscatella) norrisi Mathis & WIrth, 1981
Scatella (Scatella) obsoleta Loew, 1861
Scatella (Scatella) paludum Meigen, 1830
Scatella (Scatella) stagnalis Fallen, 1813Shore Fly
Scatella (Scatella) tenuicosta Collin, 1930
Scatella arizonensis Cresson, 1935Mosses
Scatella cephalotes
Scatella favillacea Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Scatella laxa Cresson, 1933
Scatella marinensis Cresson, 1935
Scatella melanderi Cresson, 1935
Scatella picea Walker, 1849
Scatella quadrinotata Cresson, 1933
Scatella setosa Coquillett, 1900
Scatella triseta Coquillett, 1902
Scatella troi Cresson, 1933
Scatophila bipiliaris Sturtevant &..., 1954Black moraballi
Scatophila bisignata Cresson, 1935Mosses
Scatophila conifera Sturtevant &..., 1954
Scatophila cribrata Stenhammar, 1844
Scatophila despecta Haliday, 1839
Scatophila exilis Cresson, 1935Mosses
Scatophila hesperia Sturtevant &..., 1954
Scatophila hirtirostris Sturtevant &..., 1954
Scatophila mesogramma Loew, 1869
Scatophila ordinaria Sturtevant &..., 1954
Scatophila picta Sturtevant &..., 1954
Scatophila rubribrunnea Sturtevant &..., 1954
Scatophila unicornis Czerny, 1900
Scatophila varifacialis Sturtevant a..., 1954
Scatophila viridella Sturtevant &..., 1954
Schema salina Cresson, 1942
Setacera breviventris Loew, 1860
Setacera durani Cresson, 1935Mosses
Setacera jamesi Mathis, 1982Tower rockcress
Setacera micans Haliday, 1833
Setacera needhami Johannsen, 1935Alpine chickweed
Setacera pacifica Cresson, 1925
Trimerinoides adfinis Cresson, 1922
Typopsilopa arnaudi Wirth, 1968Downy phlox
Typopsilopa nigra Williston, 1896

Subnodes of Ephydridae with occurrences in West USA
SubfamilyEphydrinae
Zetterstedt, 1837
13
87
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydrelliinae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
7
67
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParydrinae
Wirth & Stone, 1956
14
64
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPsilopinae
Cresson, 1925
24
69
Genera
Species

Taxom



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