Summary description from Wikipedia:

Ephydridae in languages:

Afrikaans

Oewervlieë

Bokmål

vannfluer

Chinese

水蠅科

Czech

břežnicovití

English

Shore Flies

English

Brine Flies

German

Salzfliegen

German

Weitmaulfliegen

Hungarian

vízilégyfélék

Japanese

ミギワバエ科

Korean

물가파리과

Korean

물파리

Russian

Мухи-береговушки

Swedish

vattenflugor

Ukrainian

Бережницеві мушки

Ukrainian

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Parent Taxon

• Diptera

Sibling Taxa

• Camillidae
• Campichoetidae
• Curtonotidae
• Diastatidae
• Drosophilidae
• Ephydridae

Child Taxa

• Basila
• Beckeriella
• Cavatorella
• Cerobothrium
• Chlorichaeta
• Discomyzinae
• Elephantinosoma
• Ephydrinae
• Gymnomyzinae
• Halmopota
• Homalometopus
• Hydrelliinae
• Ilytheinae
• Karema
• Lemnaphila
• Placopsidella
• Rhynchopsilopa
• Schema
• Scoliocephalus
• Tronamyia

Top Observation Places

• Koreatown
• Vienna
• Ottakring
• Hietzing
• Saskatoon
• Yuen Long Kau Hui
• Wellington
• Hong Kong
• Kowloon
• Ma On Shan
• Silver Spring
• Bethesda