''Physiphora'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
in the family
Ulidiidae
The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, al ...
, containing over 30 species worldwide.
Distribution
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
* ''
Physiphora alceae''
( Preyssler, 1791)
* ''
Physiphora aenea''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1794)
* ''
Physiphora elbae''
* ''
Physiphora euphorbiana''
Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1997
* ''
Physiphora hainanensis
''Physiphora'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Ulidiidae, containing over 30 species worldwide.
Distribution
The distribution of this genus is largely African, but a few endemic species are found in Asia as far as the Solomon Islands. Som ...
''
Chen, 2007
* ''
Physiphora hendeli''
* ''
Physiphora laticauda''
* ''
Physiphora nasoni''
* ''
Physiphora smaragdina''
Loew, 1852
* ''
Physiphora tenuis''
References
Brachycera genera
Taxa named by Carl Fredrik Fallén
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