EPHYDRIDAE
(shore flies)

EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Genus 4 subtaxa 13 trophisms
Genus 1 trophisms
Genus 1 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Genus 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyEPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Collin, J.E. 1943 The British Species of Psilopa Fln. and Discocerina Mcq. (Dipt. Ephydridae) EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 145-151.
Collin, J.E. 1942 On the generic characters of Psilopa Fln. and the correct identity of Discocerina pulicaria Hal. (Dipt. Ephydridae) EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 148-150.

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 135 images of EPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)
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