EPHYDROIDEA
(fruit and shore flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CAMILLIDAE
a family of flies
Family 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
CAMPICHOETIDAE
a family of flies
Family 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
CRYPTOCHETIDAE
a family of flies
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
DIASTATIDAE
a family of flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 8 images 2 ident. refs
DROSOPHILIDAE
fruit or vinegar flies
(Click to open)
 		Family 17 subtaxa 138 images 25 ident. refs
EPHYDRIDAE
shore flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 14 subtaxa 135 images 6 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

EPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 71 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for EPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
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