ephydrid

plural ephydrids

1. biologyAny species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.

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

   1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, editor, Aquatic Insects of California, page 462

   2 more examples

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

   1985, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, page 362

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

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