Ephydra

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Ephydra
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Ephydra hians at Mono Lake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ephydridae
Subfamily: Ephydrinae
Tribe: Ephydrini
Genus: Ephydra
Fallén, 1810 [1]
Synonyms

Ephydra is a genus of flies belonging to the family Ephydridae. [3]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Fallen, C.F. (1810). Specim. entomolog. novam Diptera disponendi methodum exhibens. Lund: Berlingianis. pp. 26 pp., 1 pl. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Rondani, Camillo (1856). Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. Parmae [= Parma].: A. Stocchi. pp. 226 + [2]. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
  4. ↑ Malloch, J.R. (1925). "Notes on Australian Diptera. No. vii". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 50: 311–340.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hu, X.Y.; Yang, D. (2002). "New species and new records of the genus Ephydra Fallen (Diptera: Ephydridae) from China". Studia Dipterologica. 8 (2001): 529–537.
  6. 1 2 Becker, T. (1896). "Dipterologische Studien. IV. Ephydridae". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 41: 91–276, 4 pls. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Loew, H. (1860). "Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Siebenter Beitrag. Die Europaeischen Ephydrinidae und die bisher in Schlesien beobachteten Arten derselben". Progr. K. Realschule Meseritz. 1860: 1–46.
  8. 1 2 3 4 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.
  9. ↑ Say, Thomas (1830). "Descriptions of North American dipterous insects". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6: 183–8.
  10. ↑ Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena". Centuria Septima. Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54.
  11. ↑ Loew, H. (1856). "Neue Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Dipteren". Vierter Beitrag. Progr.: 57.
  12. ↑ Fallen, C.F. (1813). "Beskrifning ofver nagra i Sverige funna vattenflugor (Hydromyzides)". K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. [ser. 3], 1813: 240–257.
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