ephydrid

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Ephydra hians
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ephydrid (plural ephydrids)

  1. (zoology) Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.
    • 1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, editor, Aquatic Insects of California, 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.