Ephydridae: Shore Flies of Hawai'i XI

This cosmopolitan family of flies are very small, ranging from 0.9 to 7.0 mm in size. Morphologically, they are gray or black with patterned wings. As their common name implies, Ephydridae flies are aquatic or semi-aquatic, inhabiting a variety of wetland and seashore habitats, including alkaline lakes, salt and petroleum pools, hot springs and marshes. These ecologically diverse flies frequent coastlines and aquatic vegetation. Many larvae feed on aquatic plants and algae, while some are predatory (i.e. Trimerina genus). Due to this feeding behavior, some phytophagous species can cause damage to agricultural crops. On the other hand, some larvae and adults serve as an important food source for other animals, such as migratory birds. As adults, they exhibit similar feeding habits, feeding on algae, plants and bacteria. In Hawai'i, a majority of our native ephydrids are of the genus Scatella. This genus is widespread throughout the Pacific basin (Western Samoa, French Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, Easter Island, and Hawai'i) and encompasses 135 species, 17 of which are Hawaiian and 15 that are endemic.  Please help transcribe the UHIM's shore flies collection in order to better help us understand their distribution and impact in Hawai'i.This expedition of 412 tasks is fully transcribed and validated. This data resource is harvested periodically into the main occurrence index.

该广布世界性的蝇类科个体体型极小，体长介于0.9至7.0毫米之间。从形态特征来看，其体色多为灰色或黑色，翅膀带有斑纹。正如其俗名所示，水蝇科（Ephydridae）昆虫多为水生或半水生类群，栖息于各类湿地与海岸生境，包括碱性湖泊、盐池与石油池、温泉以及沼泽。
这类生态多样性丰富的蝇类常出没于海岸线与水生植被区域。多数幼虫以水生植物与藻类为食，部分类群则为捕食性，例如细眼水蝇属（Trimerina）。受其取食习性影响，部分植食性类群会对农作物造成一定危害。另一方面，部分幼虫与成虫则是候鸟等其他动物的重要食物来源。
成虫亦具有相似的取食习性，以藻类、植物及细菌为食。在夏威夷地区，本土水蝇科物种多数隶属于斑眼水蝇属（Scatella）。
该属在整个太平洋盆地广泛分布（涵盖西萨摩亚、法属波利尼西亚、澳大利亚、新西兰、复活节岛以及夏威夷），共计135个物种，其中17种见于夏威夷，15种为夏威夷特有种。
请协助转录UHIM的海岸蝇类馆藏标本，以便我们更好地了解其在夏威夷的分布与生态影响。
这项包含412项任务的考察工作已完成全部转录与验证流程。
该数据集资源会定期被收录至主发生记录索引库。