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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Shore Flies (Ephydridae) » Hydrelliinae » Notiphila

Genus Notiphila

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Fly - Notiphila Ephydridae? - Notiphila 9032895 fly - Notiphila Brachycera - maybe Fanniidae? - Notiphila Brachycera - maybe Fanniidae? - Notiphila fly with checkered abdomen - Notiphila fly with checkered abdomen - Notiphila Notiphila cf. decoris? - Notiphila
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Ephydridae (Shore Flies)
Subfamily Hydrelliinae
Genus Notiphila
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The 'caudata' group, and the subgenus Dichaeta, are now recognized as a separate genus, Dichaeta.
Explanation of Names
Notiphila Fallén 1810
'wetland lover'
Identification
Large-scale revision in(1)
Remarks
Flies of this genus pollinate Nuphar flowers
Print References
Huryn A.D. 1984. New Notiphila (Diptera: Ephydridae) from the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 86(4):942-945
Huryn A.D. 1987. A New Species of Notiphila (Notiphila) (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Ohio. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 89(2):322-324
Larson L. and Foote B.A. 1997. Biology of Four Species of Notiphila Fallen (Diptera: Ephydridae) Associated with the Yellow Water Lily, Nuphar Luteum (Nymphaeaceae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 99(3):541-559.
Works Cited
1.Studies of Notiphilinae (Diptera: Ephydridae), I: Revision of the Neartic Species of Notiphila Fallen, Excluding the Caudata Grp
WN Mathis. 1979. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology .
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 11 May, 2007 - 4:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum, kschnei, v belov, Spencer_pote
Last updated 25 January, 2022 - 9:33pm

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