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Brachydeutera

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Brachydeutera is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. There are about 16 described species in the genus Brachydeutera.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyEphydridae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
23
Family
Ephydridae
Collections
EMEC, UAM, AM, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), UA, MZLU
Recorded in
United States, South Africa, Zambia, Vietnam, Mexico, Nepal

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ephydridae
Image
Brachydeutera sydneyensis.jpg
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taxon name
Brachydeutera
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Brachydeutera
Commons category
Brachydeutera
diel cycle
diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview

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Brachydeutera is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. There are about 16 described species in the genus Brachydeutera.

==Species== These 16 species belong to the genus Brachydeutera: B. adusta Mathis & Ghorpade, 1985 B. africana Wirth, 1964 B. argentata (Walker, 1852) B. brunnea Wirth, 1964 B. congolensis Wirth, 1964 B. dentata Mathis & Winkler, 2003 B. hardyi Wirth, 1964 B. hebes (Cresson, 1926) B. ibari Ninomyia, 1929 B. longipes Hendel, 1913 B. munroi Cresson, 1939 B. neotropica Wirth, 1964 B. pleuralis Malloch, 1928 B. stuckenbergi Wirth, 1964 B. sturtevanti Wirth, 1964 B. sydneyensis Malloch, 1924

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