Ulidiini is a tribe of picture-winged flies 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 ...

that live in the arid and sub arid regions of the

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

. There are three genera and around 100 species within the tribe. The tribe was first named in 1835; its type genus is ''

Ulidia ''Ulidia'' is a genus of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae. Species *''Ulidia albidipennis'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1845 *''Ulidia apicalis'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1826 *''Ulidia atrata'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1868 *''Ulidia atro ...

''. Species in tribe Ulidiini are small and mostly black and brown in color. They can be distinguished from other tribes of the family Ulidiidae by the apical structure of the phallus. Genera in the tribe Ulidiini include: *''

Physiphora ''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 ...

'' Fallén, 1810 *''

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'' Wiedemann, 1824 *''

'' Meigen, 1826

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Ulidiidae Insect tribes Taxa described in 1835 {{Ulidiidae-stub