The Ephydroidea are a superfamily of muscomorph flies, with over 6,000 species.
Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera. There are 113 species in 12 genera. The family now includes Tethininae as a subfamily.
Nostima duoseta is a species of shore fly.
Nostima is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Limnellia is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Ephydrinae is a subfamily of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Setacera pilicornis is a species of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Setacera is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Hecamede is a genus of shore flies.
Paralimna punctipennis is a species of shore flies.
Paralimna is a genus of shore flies.
Coenia is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Setacera atrovirens is a species of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Brachydeutera is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. There are about 16 described species in the genus Brachydeutera.
Discocerina is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Discomyza is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Setacera breviventris is a species of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Rhynchopsilopa is a genus of shore-flies (Ephydridae). The adults feed on the gut contents of ants. They use their antennae to locate ant nests and use their long sclerotized proboscis to puncture the abdomen of ant workers and feed on the gut contents without killing their victims. They also take honey in laboratory conditions and may not be obligate associates of ants. Their larvae are unknown. Species in the genus are found in Africa and Asia.
Lipochaeta is a genus of new world shore flies in the Ephydridae family. Only two species are part of this genus:
