Physiphora

Physiphora
	Physiphora alceae
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms
	Chrysomyza Fallén, 1817; Physophora Agassiz, 1846 (Missp.); Chloria Schiner, 1862; Cliochloria Enderlein, 1927;

Physiphora is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae, containing over 30 species worldwide.^[2]

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

P. alceae (Preyssler, 1791)
P. aenea (Fabricius, 1794)
P. elbae
P. euphorbiana Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1997
P. hainanensis Chen, 2007^[3]
P. hendeli
P. laticauda
P. nasoni
P. smaragdina Loew, 1852
P. tenuis

References

^ Kameneva, E. P.; Korneyev, V. A. (2006). "Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification of the family. In: Freidberg A., ed. Biotaxonomy of Tephritoidea". Israel Journal of Entomology. 35–36. Bet Dagan: The Entomological Society of Israel: 497–586. ISSN 0075-1243.
^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-18.

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[Kameneva-1] Kameneva, E. P.; Korneyev, V. A. (2006). "Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification of the family. In: Freidberg A., ed. Biotaxonomy of Tephritoidea". Israel Journal of Entomology. 35–36. Bet Dagan: The Entomological Society of Israel: 497–586. ISSN 0075-1243.

[2] 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.

[Chen07-3] 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-18.

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