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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Picture-winged Flies (Ulidiidae) » Ulidiinae » Ulidiini » Physiphora

Genus Physiphora

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Flies - Physiphora alceae - male - female Picture-Winged Fly - Physiphora alceae Physiphora? - Physiphora clausa Ulidiidae - Picture-winged Flies Physiphora alceae - Physiphora alceae Ulidiidae - Picture-winged Flies Genus Physiphora - Physiphora alceae Physiphora alceae? - Physiphora alceae Potential Physiphora alceae in Saskatoon - Physiphora alceae Fly - Physiphora alceae - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)
Subfamily Ulidiinae
Tribe Ulidiini
Genus Physiphora
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Physiphora Fallén 1810
Numbers
2 sp. in our area, ~30 spp. total(1)
Range
predominantly African (+ a few spp. in the Oriental Region and Solomon Islands), with some synanthropic species introduced into the New World and Australasia(2)
Remarks
P. alceae: mostly black legs
P. clausa: yellow legs
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genus Physiphora Fallén 1810 (Diptera: Ulidiidae: Ulidiinae)
Kameneva EP, Korneyev VA. 2016. Zootaxa 4087: 1-88.
2.Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification...
Kameneva E., Korneyev V. 2006. Isr. J. Entomol. 35-36: 497-586.
Contributed by tom murray on 2 October, 2005 - 7:21am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, zdanko
Last updated 23 July, 2021 - 8:10pm

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