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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Ephydridae Sub Family   Description   shore files Background to Family   Around 150 species - of which some are phytophagous- typically associated with aquatic, coastal and saline habitats. Among the herbivores, individual species tend to mine the leaves of a range of monocot and dicot aquatic plants, e.g. pondweeds (Potamogeton), duckweeds (Lemna), sedges (Carex), grasses (Glyceria) and rushes (Juncus).     No. taxa in DBIF   16 No. interactions   % interactions with British data   No. records   60 % taxa with British data   Notes   Notes on Sources   Most recent source   Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Nye, I.W.B.(1958) Trans. r. ent. Soc. Lond. 110:15 411-487:441 Source   Uffen, R. & Chandler, P. in eds. Stubbs, A. & Chandler, P. (1978) A Dipterist's Handbook 15 213-236:225 Source   Karnecka, H.(1985) Acta ent. bohemoslav. 82 315-319:317 Source   Karnecka, H.(1985) Acta ent. bohemoslav. 82 315-319:318 Source   Karnecka, H.(1985) Acta ent. bohemoslav. 82 315-319:319 Source   Uffen, R. & Chandler, P. in eds. Stubbs, A. & Chandler, P. (1978) A Dipterist's Handbook 15 213-236:224 Source   Karnecka, H.(1985) Acta ent. bohemoslav. 82 315-319:315