ephydrid

English

Ephydra hians

Wikispecies

Noun

ephydrid (plural ephydrids)

1. (zoology) Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.
   • 1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, editor, Aquatic Insects of California‎^[1], page 462:

     The ephydrids are especially prominent around inland salt and alkaline ponds and marshes and thermal and mineral springs.

   • 1985, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, page 362:

     A number of studies have been conducted on the abundance and distribution of numerous ephydrids, including Parydra in various habitats or on various substrates.

   • 2013, Jill Lancaster, Barbara J. Downes, Aquatic Entomology, page 34:

     Another interesting example is ephydrids that colonize wood that has been heavily contaminated with human urine in ancient European buildings.