| Ilythea | |
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| Illustration of Ilythea spilota | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Diptera | 
| Family: | Ephydridae | 
| Subfamily: | Ilytheinae | 
| Tribe: | Ilytheini | 
| Genus: | Ilythea Haliday, 1837 [1] | 
| Type species | |
| Ephydra spilota | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ilythea is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. [5] [6]