Biology:Ephydroidea
| Ephydroidea | |
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| Notiphila watanabei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Ephydroidea |
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The Ephydroidea are a superfamily of muscomorph flies, with over 6,000 species.[1]
Description
A characteristic of adult Ephydroidea (shared with their relatives such as Calyptratae) is that the pedicel of the antenna has a dorsoventral seam or incision.[1]
Ecology
Ephydroidea live in many habitats and have diverse diets. For example, most Ephydridae have larvae that are aquatic/semi-aquatic and feed as browsers or filter-feeders, but there are also species with terrestrial larvae that are egg predators, egg parasitoids, leaf miners or saprophages. Most Drosophilidae breed in rotting material where they feed on yeast and bacteria, but there are also species that attack whole fruits.[2]
Phylogeny
A 2021 analysis found Ephydroidea to be the sister taxon to Calyptratae.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bayless, Keith M.; Trautwein, Michelle D.; Meusemann, Karen; Shin, Seunggwan; Petersen, Malte; Donath, Alexander; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Mayer, Christoph et al. (2021-02-08). "Beyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics". BMC Biology 19 (1): 23. doi:10.1186/s12915-020-00944-8. ISSN 1741-7007. PMID 33557827.
- ↑ El-Hawagry, Magdi S.; Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz; Ebrahim, Ayman M. (2018-07-10). "Catalogue of the Egyptian Ephydroidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae)" (in en). Zootaxa 4444 (3): 201–246–201–246. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313921. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4444.3.1.
Wikidata ☰ Q2213696 entry
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