EPHYDRIDAE
(shore flies)

EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Hydrellia
a genus of shore flies
Genus 4 subtaxa 13 trophisms
Limnellia
a genus of shore flies
Genus 1 trophisms
Ochthera
a genus of shore flies
Genus 1 references
Parydra
a genus of shore flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Psilopa
a genus of shore flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
Scatella
a genus of shore flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Setacera
a genus of shore flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyEPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Collin, J.E. 1943 The British Species of Psilopa Fln. and Discocerina Mcq. (Dipt. Ephydridae) EMM EMM: 145-151.
Collin, J.E. 1942 On the generic characters of Psilopa Fln. and the correct identity of Discocerina pulicaria Hal. (Dipt. Ephydridae) EMM EMM: 148-150.
() Drake, C.M. 2006

  • Larvae/Leaf-miners

    • Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

    EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies):

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