| Physiphora | |
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| Physiphora alceae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Ulidiinae |
| Tribe: | Ulidiini |
| Genus: | Physiphora Fallén, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Chrysomyza splendida (= Physiphora demandata (Fabricius)) Fallén, 1817 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Physiphora is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae, containing over 30 species worldwide. [1]
The distribution of this genus is largely African, but a few endemic species are found in Asia as far as the Solomon Islands. Some species have been introduced into the Americas and Australasia. The species P. alceae (Preyssler) is cosmopolitan.
The Ulidiidae or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, along with members of other families in the superfamily Tephritoidea that have patterns of bands or spots on the wings. Some species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated posteroapical projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Two species, Tetanops myopaeformis and Euxesta stigmatias, are agricultural pests.
The Nematoceran family Axymyiidae is the sole member of the infraorder Axymyiomorpha, though it is often included within the infraorder Bibionomorpha in older classifications. It is known from only nine species in four genera, plus eight fossil species.
The Perissommatidae are a family of flies (Diptera) that was proposed in 1962 by Donald Colless based on the species Perissomma fusca from Australia. The family now includes five extant species within the single genus Perissomma, four from Australia and one from Chile. The Perissommatidae are unusual as they appear to have four compound eyes. They have a small slender body less than 2 mm in length. Their wings are large in comparison to their bodies and subsequently their flight is weak. Preferring high-altitude forest environments, adults only fly in the winter. The larvae live in decaying leaf litter in wet sclerophyll or cool rain forests. Some species are suspected to be associated with fungi. In the case of Perissomma macalpinei, numbers of adults have been observed congregating in clumps of foliage and rising in short, zigzag flights in the sunlight above the foliage for short periods before descending.
Physiphora aenea is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Physiphora of the family Ulidiidae.
Physiphora euphorbiana is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Physiphora of the family Ulidiidae found in western India.
Pseudotephritis ussurica is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Pseudotephritis of the family Ulidiidae.
Timia desparsata is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Timia of the family Ulidiidae.
Timia mongolica is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Timia of the family Ulidiidae.
Timia albifacies is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Timia of the family Ulidiidae.
Timia gussakovskyi is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Timia of the family Ulidiidae.
Nepalomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Neurigona is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is a large genus, with over 150 known species.
Herina is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae. It is possibly the largest genus in the family.
Timia is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae, which is difficult to separate from the genus Ulidia.
Otitinae is the name of a subfamily of flies in the family Ulidiidae. It was formerly the Otitidae. Like the Ulidiinae, most species are herbivorous or saprophagous. Most species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Most are dull gray to shiny brown or black flies with vein R1 setulose or, in a few cases, bare.
Timia nitida is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Timia of the family Ulidiidae.
Timia berlandi is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Timia of the family Ulidiidae.
Physiphora alceae is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Physiphora of the family Ulidiidae.
Ulidiini is a tribe of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae that live in the arid and sub arid regions of the Palaearctic. There are three genera and around 100 species within the tribe. The tribe was first named in 1835; its type genus is Ulidia.
Cephaliini is a tribe of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae.