Abstract
The larvae of the Ephydridae family feed on decaying plant material, algae, and other microscopic single-celled organisms and do not feed directly on plant tissue. Therefore, the damage they produce is indirect, since they are not phytophagous; but adults are vectors of bacteria, viruses and fungi which are transmitted on plants by perching and supporting their sucking mouthparts (proboscis). Also the larvae, when feeding, ingest spores of fungi or bacteria that then remain in the oral apparatus of the adult, and these, when flying and perching on the plants, transmit diseases. The high rate of reproduction of shore flies can give rise to a swarm of adults, which devalue the plants commercially. The objective of this paper and study of the bionomy of the Family Ephydridae. For this, a bibliographic survey of Ephydridae was carried out in the years 1926 to 2021. Only complete articles published in scientific journals and expanded abstracts presented in national and international scientific events were considered. Data were also obtained from platforms such as: World and Scielo.
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