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Ephydridae 
AphiaID: 118101

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexapoda (Subphylum) > Insecta (Class) > Pterygota (Subclass) > Diptera (Order) > Brachycera (Suborder) > Ephydroidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Ephydroidea
Sources  basis of record: Legakis, A. (2001). Insecta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323-324 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, 70: 338pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch oevervliegen  [details]
English shore flies & brine flies  [details]
English shore-flies  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål vannfluer  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk vassfluger  [details]
Swedish vattenflugor  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Ephydrinae
  » Tribe Ephydrini Zetterstedt, 1837
» Tribe Scatellini
» Genus Teichomyza Macquart, 1835 accepted as Scatella (Teichomyza) Macquart, 1835
Subfamily Gymnomyzinae
  » Tribe Lipochaetini Becker, 1896
Subfamily Notiphilinae
  » Genus Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
» Genus Notiphila Fallén, 1810
» Genus Oedenops Becker, 1903
Subfamily Parydrinae
  » Genus Asmeringa Becker, 1903
» Genus Brachydeutera Loew, 1860
» Genus Lipochaeta Coquillett, 1896
» Genus Ochthera Latreille, 1802
» Genus Parydra Stenhammer, 1844
» Genus Napaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 accepted as Parydra Stenhammer, 1844
Subfamily Psilopinae
  » Genus Atissa Haliday, 1837
» Genus Ceropsilopa Cresson, 1917
» Genus Clanoneurum Becker, 1903
» Genus Clasiopella Hendel, 1914
» Genus Cressonomyia Arnaud, 1958
» Genus Diphuia Cresson, 1944
» Genus Discomyza Meigen, 1830
» Genus Glenanthe Haliday, 1839
» Genus Hecamede Haliday in Curtis, 1837
» Genus Hydrochasma Hendel, 1936
» Genus Leptopsilopa Cresson, 1922
» Genus Mosillus Latreille, 1804
» Genus Paratissa Coquillett, 1900
» Genus Pelignellus Sturtevant & Wheeler, 1954
» Genus Polytrichophora Cresson, 1924
» Genus Pseudohecamede Hendel
» Genus Psilopa Fallen, 1823
» Genus Ptilomyia Coquillett, 1900
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118101
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Legakis, Anastasios
  
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  Citation: Legakis, A. (2013). Ephydridae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118101 on 2013-05-26
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