Ephydridae

Ephydridae
Hydrellia griseola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Ephydroidea
Family: Ephydridae
Zetterstedt, 1837
Subfamilies and tribes[1]

Discomyzinae

  • tribe Discomyzini
  • tribe Psilopini

Ephydrinae

  • tribe Dagini
  • tribe Ephydrini
  • tribe Parydrini
  • tribe Scatellini

Gymnomyzinae

  • tribe Discocerinini
  • tribe Gymnomyzini
  • tribe Hecamedini
  • tribe Lipochaetini
  • tribe Ochtherini

Hydrelliinae

  • tribe Atissini
  • tribe Dryxini
  • tribe Hydrelliini
  • tribe Notiphilini
  • tribe Typopsilopini

Ilytheinae

  • tribe Hyadinini
  • tribe Ilytheini

Ephydridae (shore fly, sometimes brine fly) is a family of insects in the order Diptera.

Shore flies are tiny flies that can be found near seashores or at smaller inland waters, such as ponds. About 2,000 species have been described worldwide,[2] including Ochthera.

The petroleum fly, Helaeomyia petrolei, is the only known insect whose larvae live in naturally occurring crude petroleum. Another notable species is Ephydra hians which lives in vast number at Mono Lake.

Hyadina pulchella note the patterned wings, wide mouth and (on upper side) plumose arista
Discomyza wing veins
  1. ^ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
  2. ^ Zatwarnicki T, Kahanpää J (2014) Checklist of the family Ephydridae of Finland (Insecta, Diptera). In: Kahanpää J, Salmela J (Eds) Checklist of the Diptera of Finland. ZooKeys 441: 339–346. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.441.7448