Ephydra Explained

Ephydra is a genus of flies belonging to the family Ephydridae.^[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

• Ephydra acrostichalis Malloch, 1925^[2]
• Ephydra acutata Hu & Yang, 2002^[3]
• Ephydra afghanica Dahl, 1961
• Ephydra alandica Frey, 1909
• Ephydra attica Becker, 1896^[4]
• Ephydra auripes Aldrich, 1912
• Ephydra basilaris Waltl, 1837
• Ephydra bivittata Loew, 1860^[5]
• Ephydra breva Hu & Yang, 2002^[3]
• Ephydra brevis (Walker, 1858)
• Ephydra bruesi Cresson, 1934^[6]
• Ephydra currani Wirth, 1971
• Ephydra dorsala Hu & Yang, 2002^[3]
• Ephydra flavipes (Macquart, 1843)
• Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830
• Ephydra goedeni Wirth, 1971
• Ephydra gracilis Packard, 1871
• Ephydra heijingensis Hu & Yang, 2002^[3]
• Ephydra hejingensis Hu & Yang, 2002^[3]
• Ephydra hians Say, 1830^[7]
• Ephydra japonica Miyagi, 1966
• Ephydra lata (Walker, 1858)
• Ephydra macellaria Egger, 1862
• Ephydra magadiensis Wirth, 1975
• Ephydra mexicana Cresson, 1934^[6]
• 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^[8]
• Ephydra ochrostoma Brullé, 1833
• Ephydra opaca Loew, 1856^[9]
• Ephydra orichalcea Gimmerthal, 1847
• Ephydra packardi Wirth, 1971
• Ephydra pectinulata Cresson, 1916
• Ephydra pseudomurina Krivosheina, 1983
• Ephydra riparia Fallén, 1813^[10]
• Ephydra scholtzi Becker, 1896^[4]
• 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^[6]
• Ephydra tibetensis Cresson, 1934^[6]
• Ephydra urmiana Gunther, 1899
• Ephydra usingeri Wirth, 1976
• Ephydra yangi Hu & Yang, 2002^[3]

Notes and References

1. Mathis . W.N. . Zatwarnicki . T. . World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae) . Memoirs of Entomology, International . 1995 . 4 . 1–423.
2. Malloch . J.R. . Notes on Australian Diptera. No. vii. . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1925 . 50 . 311–340.
3. Hu . X.Y. . Yang . D. . New species and new records of the genus Ephydra Fallen (Diptera: Ephydridae) from China . Studia Dipterologica . 2002 . 8 (2001) . 529–537.
4. Becker . T. . Dipterologische Studien. IV. Ephydridae . Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift . 1896 . 41 . 91–276, 4 pls . 23 January 2022.
5. Loew . H. . Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Siebenter Beitrag. Die Europaeischen Ephydrinidae und die bisher in Schlesien beobachteten Arten derselben . Progr. K. Realschule Meseritz . 1860 . 1860 . 1–46.
6. Cresson . E.T. Jr.. 1934 . Descriptions of New Genera and Species of the Dipterous Family Ephydridae, XI. . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . The American Entomological Society. 60 . 199–222 .
7. Say. Thomas. Thomas Say. Descriptions of North American dipterous insects. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1830. 6. 183–8.
8. Loew. Hermann. Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Septima. Berl. Ent. Z.. 1866. 10. 1–54.
9. Loew . H. . Neue Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Dipteren . Vierter Beitrag. Progr. . 1856 . 57.
10. Fallen . C.F. . Beskrifning ofver nagra i Sverige funna vattenflugor (Hydromyzides) . K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. . 1813 . [ser. 3], 1813 . 240–257.