A Possible Case of Spatial Isolation in Brine Flies of the Genus Ephydra (Diptera: Ephydridae)
During the summer of 1975, adults and larvae of Ephydra riparia Fallen and E. cinerea Jones were encountered in the many brine pools occurring on the property of the Morton Salt Company at Rittman, Wayne County, Ohio (Scheiring and Foote, 1973). Larvae of both species have been reported to be salt tolerant (Bayly, 1972). E. ripariu larvae can survive in salinities up to 80°/oo (Sutcliffe, 1960), and the larvae of cinerea have been encountered by Nemenz (1960) in the Great Salt Lake of Utah at a salinity of 300°/oo.
Zack, Richard S.; Thier, R. W.; and Foote, B. A.
"A Possible Case of Spatial Isolation in Brine Flies of the Genus Ephydra (Diptera: Ephydridae),"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 9
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