Brachydeutera

Brachydeutera is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. There are about 16 described species in Brachydeutera.[1][2][3][4]

Brachydeutera
Brachydeutera sydneyensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ephydridae
Subfamily:	Ephydrinae
Genus:	Brachydeutera Loew, 1860

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Brachydeutera:

• B. adusta Mathis & Ghorpade, 1985 ^{c g}
• B. africana Wirth, 1964 ^{c g}
• B. argentata (Walker, 1852) ^{i c g b}
• B. brunnea Wirth, 1964 ^{c g}
• B. congolensis Wirth, 1964 ^{c g}
• B. dentata Mathis & Winkler, 2003 ^{c g}
• B. hardyi Wirth, 1964 ^{c g}
• B. hebes (Cresson, 1926) ^{i c g}
• B. ibari Ninomyia, 1929 ^{c g}
• B. longipes Hendel, 1913 ^{i c g b}
• B. munroi Cresson, 1939 ^{c g}
• B. neotropica Wirth, 1964 ^{i c g}
• B. pleuralis Malloch, 1928 ^{c g}
• B. stuckenbergi Wirth, 1964 ^{c g}
• B. sturtevanti Wirth, 1964 ^{i c g}
• B. sydneyensis Malloch, 1924 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Brachydeutera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
2. "Browse Brachydeutera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
3. "Brachydeutera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
4. "Brachydeutera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.