Family Ephydridae

Total number of species: 198.

List of Ephydridae types

List of undetermined Ephydridae

Genus Species Author

No. of specs. or vials in collection

Biogeographic Region
Actocetor margaritatus (Wiedemann, 1830)

1

Palaearctic
Actosetor beckeri de Meijere, 1916

1

Oriental
Allotrichoma alium Cresson, 1929

13

Australasian
Allotrichoma laterale (Loew, 1860)

2

Palaearctic
Allotrichoma nitidum Cresson, 1944

7

Australasian
Allotrichoma simplex (Loew, 1861)

1

Nearctic
Allotrichoma yosemite Cresson, 1926

4

Nearctic
Athyroglossa freta Cresson, 1925

6

Oriental
Athyroglossa glabra (Meigen, 1830)

2

Palaearctic
Athyroglossa glabra (Meigen, 1830)

4

Palaearctic
Athyroglossa ordinata Becker, 1896

6

Palaearctic
Atissa litoralis (Cole, 1912)

2

Nearctic
Atissa pygmaea (Haliday, 1833)

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Austrocoenia aczeli Wirth, 1970

32

Neotropical
Axysta cesta (Haliday, 1833)

9

Palaearctic (Danish)
Clanoneurum cimiciforme (Haliday, 1855)

1

Palaearctic
Coenia curvicauda (Meigen, 1830)

24

Palaearctic (Danish)
Coenia palustris (Fallén, 1823)

84

Palaearctic (Danish)
Coenia turbida (Curran, 1927)

2

Nearctic
Discocerina biseta de Meijere, 1916

116

Australasian
Discocerina mera Cresson, 1939

7

Australasian
Discocerina nana Williston, 1896

2

Neotropical
Discocerina obscurella (Fallén, 1813)

2

Palaearctic
Discocerina obscurella (Fallén, 1813)

30

Palaearctic (Danish)
Discocerina obscurella (Fallén, 1813)

3

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Discomyza incurva (Fallén, 1823)

5

Palaearctic
Discomyza incurva (Fallén, 1823)

30

Palaearctic (Danish)
Discomyza maculipennis (Wiedemann, 1824)

2

Afrotropical
Discomyza maculipennis (Wiedemann, 1824)

6

Australasian
Ditrichophora calceata (Meigen, 1830)

18

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ditrichophora fuscella (Stenhammar, 1844)

22

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ditrichophora palliditarsis (Becker, 1896)

2

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ephydra auripes Aldrich, 1912

1

Nearctic
Ephydra bruesi Cresson, 1934

2

Nearctic
Ephydra cinerea Jones, 1906

4

Nearctic
Ephydra macellaria Egger, 1862

3

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ephydra macellaria alandica Frey, 1909

11

Palaearctic
Ephydra niveiceps Cresson, 1916

1

Nearctic
Ephydra packardi Wirth, 1971

2

Nearctic
Ephydra pectinulata Cresson, 1916

2

Nearctic
Ephydra riparia Fallén, 1813

4

Nearctic
Ephydra riparia Fallén, 1813

8

Nearctic
Ephydra riparia Fallén, 1813

273/Alc.

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ephydra scholtzi Becker, 1896

1

Palaearctic
Ephydra scholtzi Becker, 1896

26

Palaearctic (Danish)
Glenanthe ripicola (Haliday, 1839)

1

Palaearctic
Glenanthe ripicola (Haliday, 1839)

3

Palaearctic (Danish)
Haloscatella dichaeta (Loew, 1860)

9

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hecamede albicans (Meigen, 1830)

2

Palaearctic
Hecamede albicans (Meigen, 1830)

12

Palaearctic
Hecamede albicans (Meigen, 1830)

26

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hecamede granifera (Thomson, 1869)

24

Australasian
Hecamede persimilis Hendel, 1913

1

Oriental
Hecamedoides canolimbatus (de Meijere, 1916)

7

Oriental
Hecamedoides costata (Loew, 1860)

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hecamedoides hepaticus (de Meijere, 1916)

7

Australasian
Hecamedoides hyalinus Cresson, 1929

1

Australasian
Hecamedoides invidus Cresson, 1929

1

Australasian
Hecamedoides setosus (de Meijere, 1916)

1

Australasian
Hecamedoides setosus (de Meijere, 1916)

1

Oriental
Hyadina guttata (Fallén, 1813)

22

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hyadina humeralis Becker, 1896

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hyadina rufipes (Meigen, 1830)

9

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hyadina scutellata (Haliday, 1839)

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hydrellia aff. pilitarsis (Stenhammar, 1844)

1

Palaearctic
Hydrellia albifrons Fall.

5

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Hydrellia alboguttata Loew, 1845

1

Palaearctic
Hydrellia flaviceps (Meigen, 1830)

2

Palaearctic
Hydrellia flaviceps (Meigen, 1830)

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hydrellia flavicornis (Fallén, 1823)

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hydrellia fulviceps (Stenhammar, 1844)

4

Palaearctic
Hydrellia fulviceps (Stenhammar, 1844)

10

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hydrellia griseola (Fallén, 1813)

2

Nearctic
Hydrellia griseola (Fallén, 1813)

8

Palaearctic
Hydrellia griseola (Fallén, 1813)

962

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hydrellia griseola (Fallén, 1823)

15

Palaearctic (Iceland)
Hydrellia griseola (Fallén, 1813)

43

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Hydrellia lapponica nomen dubia according to Pal. Cat. (Stenhammar, 1844)

1

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Hydrellia maura Meigen, 1838

25

Palaearctic
Hydrellia maura Meigen, 1838

235

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hydrellia modesta Loew, 1860

1

Palaearctic
Hydrellia modesta Loew, 1860

77

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Hydrellia mutata (Zetterstedt, 1846)

2

Palaearctic
Hydrellia obscura (Meigen, 1830)

3

Palaearctic
Hydrellia pilitarsis (Stenhammar, 1844)

2

Palaearctic
Hydrellia platygastra Cresson, 1931

1

Nearctic
Hydrellia ranunculi Haliday, 1839

1

Palaearctic
Hydrellia thoracica Haliday, 1839

16

Palaearctic (Danish)
Hydrellia tritici Coquillett, 1903

5

Australasian
Hydrellia vulgaris Cresson, 1931

8

Neotropical
Hydrochasma incisum (Coquillett, 1902)

2

Neotropical
Hydropyrus hians (Say, 1830)

6

Nearctic
Ilythea spilota (Curtis, 1832)

2

Palaearctic
Ilythea spilota (Haliday in Curtis, 1832)

6

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ilythea spilota (Curtis, 1832)

18

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Lamproscatella brunnipennis (Malloch, 1923)

1

Nearctic
Lamproscatella brunnipes norvegica Andersson, 1975

50

Nearctic (Greenland)
Lamproscatella dichaeta (Loew, 1860)

3

Nearctic
Lamproscatella dichaeta (Loew, 1860)

4

Palaearctic
Lamproscatella pilosigenis (Becker,1896)

2

Palaearctic (Danish)
Lamproscatella quadrisetosa (Becker, 1896)

23

Nearctic (Greenland)
Lamproscatella quadrisetosa (Becker, 1896)

1

Palaearctic
Lamproscatella sibilans (Haliday, 1833)

2

Nearctic
Lamproscatella sibilans (Haliday, 1833)

46

Palaearctic (Danish)
Lamproscatella sibilans (Haliday, 1833)

9

Palaearctic (Iceland)
Lamproscatella sibilans (Haliday, 1833)

4

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Leptopsilopa pollinosa (Kertesz, 1901)

26

Oriental
Leptopsilopa similis (Coquillett, 1900)

4

Neotropical
Leptopsilopa varipes (Coquillett, 1900)

4

Nearctic
Letopsilopa pollinosa (Kertesz, 1901)

82

Australasian
Limnellia fallax (Czerny, 1903)

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Limnellia quadrata (Fallén, 1813)

1

Palaearctic
Limnellia quadrata (Fallén, 1813)

16

Palaearctic (Danish)
Limnellia quadrata (Fallén, 1813)

1

Palaearctic (Iceland)
Limnellia quadrata (Fallén, 1813)

32

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Limnellia stenhammari (Zetterstedt, 1846)

3

Palaearctic (Danish)
Limnellia stenhammeri (Zetterstedt, 1846)

25

Nearctic (Greenland)
Lytogaster abdominalis (Stenhammar, 1844)

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Lytogaster gravida (Loew, 1863)

4

Neotropical
Mosillus bidentatus (Cresson, 1926)

1

Nearctic
Mosillus subsultans (Fabricius, 1794)

1

Palaearctic
Mosillus subsultans (Fabricius, 1794)

104

Palaearctic (Danish)
Mosillus tibialis Cresson, 1916

3

Nearctic
Napaea pusilla (Miegen, 1830)

1

Nearctic (Greenland)
Nostima picta (Fallén, 1813)

31

Palaearctic (Danish)
Notiphila annulipes Stenhammar, 1844

18

Palaearctic
Notiphila atripes Cresson, 1917

2

Nearctic
Notiphila atrisetis Cresson, 1917

2

Nearctic
Notiphila atriventris (Cresson, 1915)

2

Nearctic
Notiphila caudata Fallén, 1813

6

Palaearctic
Notiphila caudata Fallén, 1813

11

Palaearctic
Notiphila caudata Fallén, 1813

67

Palaearctic (Danish)
Notiphila cinerea Fallén, 1813

10

Palaearctic
Notiphila cinerea Fallén, 1813

71

Palaearctic (Danish)
Notiphila cinerea Fallén, 1813

11

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Notiphila macrochaeta Loew, 1878

3

Nearctic
Notiphila nigricornis Stenhammar, 1844

9/Alc.

Palaearctic (Danish)
Notiphila occidentalis Cresson, 1917

3

Nearctic
Notiphila olivacea Cresson, 1917

1

Nearctic
Notiphila riparia Meigen, 1830

5

Palaearctic
Notiphila riparia Meigen, 1830

41

Palaearctic (Danish)
Notiphila similis de Meijere, 1908

6

Oriental
Notiphila uliginosa Haliday, 1839

3

Palaearctic
Notiphila uliginosa Haliday, 1839

53

Palaearctic (Danish)
Notiphila venusta Loew, 1856

5

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ochthera exsculpta Loew, 1862

1

Nearctic
Ochthera manicata (Fabricius, 1794)

18

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ochthera mantis (De Geer, 1776)

1

Nearctic
Ochthera mantis (De Geer, 1776)

3

Nearctic
Ochthera mantis (De Geer, 1776)

3

Palaearctic
Ochthera palaearctica Clausen, 1977

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Ochthera pilimana Becker, 1903

1

Oriental
Ochthera schembrii Rondani, 1847

7

Palaearctic
Paracoenia beckeri (Kuntze, 1897)

5

Palaearctic
Paracoenia beckeri (Kuntze, 1897)

4

Palaearctic
Paracoenia bisetosa (Coquillett, 1902)

2

Nearctic
Paracoenia fumosa (Stenhammar, 1844)

202

Palaearctic (Danish)
Paracoenia platypelta Cresson, 1935

1

Nearctic
Paralimna decipiens Loew, 1878

2

Nearctic
Paralimna hirticornis de Meijere, 1913

3

Oriental
Paralimna lineata de Meijere, 1908

14

Oriental
Paralimna picta Kertesz, 1901

18

Australasian
Paralimna picta Kertesz, 1901

36

Oriental
Paralimna quadrifascia (Walker, 1860)

32

Oriental
Paralimna sinensis (Schiner, 1868)

7

Oriental
Paralimna texana Cresson, 1915

1

Nearctic
Parascatella marinensis Cresson, 1935

2

Nearctic
Parascatella melanderi Cresson, 1935

2

Nearctic
Parydra appendiculata Loew, 1878

4

Neotropical
Parydra aquila (Fallén, 1813)

10

Palaearctic
Parydra aquila (Fallén, 1813)

50

Palaearctic (Danish)
Parydra aurata Jones, 1906

3

Nearctic
Parydra coarctata (Fallén, 1813)

17

Palaearctic
Parydra coarctata (Fallén, 1813)

2

Palaearctic (Danish)
Parydra coarctata (Fallén, 1813)

27

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Parydra fossarum (Haliday, 1833)

17

Palaearctic
Parydra fossarum (Haliday, 1833)

31

Palaearctic (Danish)
Parydra littoralis (Meigen, 1830)

6

Palaearctic
Parydra littoralis (Meigen, 1830)

19

Palaearctic (Danish)
Parydra nitida Cresson, 1915

2

Nearctic
Parydra paullula Loew, 1862

2

Nearctic
Parydra pusilla (Meigen, 1830)

4

Palaearctic
Parydra pusilla (Meigen, 1830)

13

Palaearctic (Danish)
Parydra quadripunctata (Meigen, 1830)

4

Palaearctic
Parydra quadripunctata (Meigen, 1830)

1

Palaearctic
Parydra quadripunctata (Meigen, 1830)

64

Palaearctic (Danish)
Parydra socia (Cresson, 1934)

1

Nearctic
Pelina aenea (Fallén, 1813)

6

Palaearctic
Pelina aenea (Fallén, 1813)

5

Palaearctic (Danish)
Pelina aenea (Fallén, 1813)

1

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Pelina truncatula Loew, 1878

4

Nearctic
Philotelma nigripenne (Meigen, 1830)

3

Palaearctic (Danish)
Philygria debilis Loew, 1861

2

Nearctic
Philygria flavipes (Fallén, 1823)

8

Palaearctic
Philygria interrupta (Haliday, 1833)

3

Palaearctic (Danish)
Philygria interstincta (Fallén, 1813)

19

Palaearctic (Danish)
Philygria pictipennis (Meigen, 1830)

1

Palaearctic
Philygria punctatonervosa (Fallén, 1813)

27

Palaearctic (Danish)
Philygria stictica (Meigen, 1830)

1

Palaearctic (Danish)
Philygria vittipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

5

Nearctic (Greenland)
Philygria vittipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

2

Palaearctic (Iceland)
Placopsidella cynocephala Kertesz, 1901

15

Australasian
Polytrichophora brunneifrons (de Meijere, 1916)

29

Australasian
Psilephydra lyneborgi Zatwarnicki, 1988

1

Oriental
Psiloba aff. bornholmi Becker, 1926

1

Palaearctic
Psiloba nitidifacies Frey, 1958

1

Palaearctic
Psiloba nitidula (Fallén, 1813)

4

Palaearctic
Psilopa compta (Meigen, 1830)

2

Nearctic
Psilopa compta (Meigen, 1830)

22

Palaearctic (Danish)
Psilopa flavimanus Hendel, 1913

12

Australasian
Psilopa leucostoma (Meigen, 1830)

40

Palaearctic (Danish)
Psilopa nana Loew, 1860

4

Palaearctic (Danish)
Psilopa nigritella Stenhammar, 1844

9

Palaearctic (Danish)
Psilopa nitidula (Fallén, 1813)

3

Palaearctic
Psilopa nitidula (Fallén, 1813)

27

Palaearctic (Danish)
Psilopa olga Cresson, 1922

2

Nearctic
Psilopa polita (Macquart, 1835)

1

Palaearctic
Scatella bryani Cresson, 1926

1

Neotropical
Scatella callosicosta Bezzi, 1895

1

Palaearctic
Scatella clavipes (Wirth, 1948)

3

Neotropical
Scatella crassicosta Becker, 1896

1

Palaearctic
Scatella fusca (Macquart, 1835)

7

Palaearctic
Scatella hawaiiensis Grimshaw, 1901

2

Neotropical
Scatella lutosa (Haliday, 1833)

4

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatella obsoleta Loew, 1861

2

Nearctic
Scatella paludum (Meigen, 1830)

3

Nearctic
Scatella paludum (Meigen, 1830)

3

Palaearctic
Scatella paludum (Meigen, 1830)

207

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatella sexnotata Cresson, 1926

1

Neotropical
Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1813)

3

Nearctic
Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1823)

137

Nearctic (Greenland)
Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1813)

1

Palaearctic
Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1813)

18

Palaearctic
Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1813)

Alc.

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1823)

14

Palaearctic (Iceland)
Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1813)

100

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Scatella subguttata (Meigen, 1830)

9

Palaearctic
Scatella subguttata (Meigen, 1830)

189

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatella subguttata (Meigen, 1830)

1

Palaearctic Faroe Islands
Scatella tenuicosta Collin, 1930

112

Nearctic (Greenland)
Scatella tenuicosta Collin, 1930

140

Palaearctic (Iceland)
Scatella vulgata Cresson, 1931

4

Neotropical
Scatella warreni Cresson, 1926

2

Neotropical
Scatophila caviceps (Stenhammar, 1844)

2

Palaearctic
Scatophila caviceps (Stenhammar, 1844)

10

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatophila contaminata (Stenhammar, 1844)

3

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatophila cribata (Stenhammar, 1844)

26

Nearctic (Greenland)
Scatophila cribrata (Stenhammar, 1844)

3

Palaearctic
Scatophila despecta (Haliday, 1839)

4

Neotropical
Scatophila despecta (Haliday, 1839)

5

Palaearctic
Scatophila despecta (Haliday, 1839)

13

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatophila noctula (Meigen, 1830)

2

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatophila quadriguttata (Meigen, 1830)

20

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scatophila unicornis Czerny, 1900

15/Alc.

Palaearctic (Danish)
Scoliocephalus pallidisetis Becker, 1903

1

Palaearctic
Setacera aurata (Stenhammar, 1844)

1

Palaearctic
Setacera aurata (Stenhammar, 1844)

19

Palaearctic (Danish)
Setacera micans (Haliday, 1833)

10

Palaearctic (Danish)
Stratiothyrea cheesmanae Cogan & Wirth, 1969

7

Australasian
Stratiothyrea femorata de Meijere, 1913

49

Australasian
Teichomyza fusca Macquart, 1835

29

Palaearctic (Danish)
Thiomyia quatei Wirth, 1954

1

Nearctic
Trimerina madizans (Fallén, 1813)

1

Palaearctic
Trimerina madizans (Fallén, 1813)

25/Alc.

Palaearctic (Danish)
Trypetomina solitaria Cresson, 1929

12

Australasian
Typopsilopa atra (Loew, 1862)

2

Nearctic
Typopsilopa chinensis (Wiedemann, 1830)

5

Oriental
Typopsilopa sorella (Becker, 1924)

19

Oriental

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