Family Ephydridae Zetterstedt 1837 (shore fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Ephydridae
Full reference: J. W. Zetterstedt. 1837. Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum. Isis von Oken 1837:28-67
Parent taxon: Ephydroidea according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Evenhuis 1994
Sister taxa: Camillidae, Campichoetidae, Cryptochetidae, Curtonotidae, Diastatidae, Drosophilidae
Subtaxa: Ephydrinae Sphaerocera sepultula
Type: Ephydra
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences