Physiphora is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae, containing over 30 species worldwide.[2]
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| Physiphora alceae | |
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| Genus: | Physiphora Fallén, 1810
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| Chrysomyza splendida (= Physiphora demandata (Fabricius)) Fallén, 1817
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Distribution edit
The distribution of this genus is largely African, but a few endemic species are found in Asia as far as the Solomon Islands. Some species have been introduced into the Americas and Australasia. The species P. alceae (Preyssler) is cosmopolitan.
Selected species edit
- P. alceae (Preyssler, 1791)
- P. aenea (Fabricius, 1794)
- P. elbae
- P. euphorbiana Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1997
- P. hainanensis Chen, 2007[3]
- P. hendeli
- P. laticauda
- P. nasoni
- P. smaragdina Loew, 1852
- P. tenuis
References edit
- ^ Kameneva, E. P.; Korneyev, V. A. (2006). "Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification of the family. In: Freidberg A., ed. Biotaxonomy of Tephritoidea". Israel Journal of Entomology. 35–36. Bet Dagan: The Entomological Society of Israel: 497–586. ISSN 0075-1243.
- ^ Xiao-Lin Chen & Elena P. Kameneva (2009). "A review of Ulidia Meigen (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from China" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2175: 42–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2175.1.4.
- ^ Chen, Xiao-Lin; Kameneva, Elena P. (2007). "A review of Physiphora Fallén (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1398. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 15–28. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1398.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. S2CID 85587614. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-18.