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

Genus Ochthera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Ochthera sp? - Ochthera crab footed fly - Ochthera - female Unknown fly caught in wetland area - Ochthera Shore Fly - Ochthera - Ochthera Ochthera Diptera-3 - Ochthera Fly near Big Cypress - Ochthera shore fly – Ochthera sp.? - Ochthera
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 Gymnomyzinae
Genus Ochthera
Explanation of Names
Ochthera Latreille 1802
Numbers
13 spp. in our area(1), ~40 total
Size
4‒5 mm
Identification
forelegs raptorial
key to species in (2)
Range
much of NA(1) and the world
Habitat
most adults near water; larvae mostly aquatic/semi-aquatic
Food
Adults feed on small insects (incl. small flies and planthoppers) grasped with raptorial forelimbs, and can excavate prey from soil using protibial spines; larvae prey primarily on immature Chironomidae(1)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
2. Revision of the Nearctic, Neotropical, and Palearctic Species of the Genus Ochthera
Philip J. Clausen. 1977. American Entomological Society.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 April, 2005 - 9:45am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Spencer_pote
Last updated 24 August, 2023 - 9:56pm

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