Physiphora is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae, containing over 30 species worldwide.[1]
| Physiphora | |
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| Physiphora alceae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Ulidiinae |
| Tribe: | Ulidiini |
| Genus: | Physiphora Fallén, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Chrysomyza splendida (= Physiphora demandata (Fabricius)) Fallén, 1817
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Distribution
editThe 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- Physiphora alceae (Preyssler, 1791)
- Physiphora aenea (Fabricius, 1794)
- Physiphora elbae
- Physiphora euphorbiana Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1997
- Physiphora hainanensis Chen, 2007[2]
- Physiphora hendeli
- Physiphora laticauda
- Physiphora nasoni
- Physiphora smaragdina Loew, 1852
- Physiphora tenuis
References
edit- ^ 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.