Parydra

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Parydra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ephydridae
Subfamily: Ephydrinae
Tribe: Parydrini
Genus: Parydra
Stenhammar, 1844 [1]

Parydra is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. There are at least 70 described species in Parydra. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Species

These 76 species belong to the genus Parydra:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [2] c = Catalogue of Life, [3] g = GBIF, [4] b = Bugguide.net [5]

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References

  1. Stenhammar, Christian (1844). "Forsok till gruppering och revision af de Svenska Ephydrinae". K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (Stockholm). 1843: 75–272, 1 pl. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Parydra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. 1 2 "Browse Parydra". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. 1 2 "Parydra". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  5. 1 2 "Parydra Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

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