''Beris'' is a genus of

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in the

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. They are small flies with reduced palpi. The scutellum has spines and the abdomen has seven visible segments. Their eyes are contiguous in the male.

Species

*'' Beris alamaculata'' Yang & Nagatomi, 1992 *'' Beris ancistra'' Cui, Li & Yang, 2010 *'' Beris annulifera'' var. luteipes Johnson, 1926 *'' Beris annulipes'' Brunetti, 1912 *'' Beris basiflava'' Yang & Nagatomi, 1992 *'' Beris burmanica''

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, 1960 *'' Beris chalybata'' ( Forster, 1771) *'' Beris clavipes'' (

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, 1767) *'' Beris concava'' Li, Zhang & Yang, 2009 *'' Beris cypria'' James, 1970 *'' Beris digitata'' Li, Zhang & Yang, 2009 *'' Beris dolichocera''

, 1960 *'' Beris emeishana'' Yang & Nagatomi, 1992 *'' Beris excellens''

, 1960 *'' Beris flava'' Li, Zhang & Yang, 2011 *'' Beris furcata'' Cui, Li & Yang, 2010 *'' Beris fuscipes'' Meigen, 1820 *'' Beris gansuensis'' Yang & Nagatomi, 1992 *'' Beris geniculata''

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, 1830 *'' Beris hauseri'' Stuke, 2004 *'' Beris heptapotamica'' Pleske, 1926 *'' Beris hildebrandtae'' Pleske, 1930 *'' Beris hirotui'' Ôuchi, 1943 *'' Beris huanglianshana'' Li, Zhang & Yang, 2009 *'' Beris kovalevi'' Rozkošný & Nartshuk, 1980 *'' Beris latifacies'' Nagatomi & Tanaka, 1972 *'' Beris luteistigma''

, 1960 *'' Beris malaisei''

, 1960 *'' Beris miocenica'' James, 1937 *'' Beris morrisii'' Dale, 1841 *'' Beris nebulosa'' Nagatomi & Tanaka, 1972 *'' Beris potanini'' Pleske, 1926 *'' Beris pulchripennis''

, 1960 *'' Beris rozkosnyi'' Kassebeer, 1996 *'' Beris schaposchnikowi'' Pleske, 1926 *'' Beris shennongana'' Li, Luo & Yang, 2009 *'' Beris spinosa'' Li, Zhang & Yang, 2009 *'' Beris strobli'' Dušek & Rozkošný, 1968 *'' Beris trilobata'' Li, Zhang & Yang, 2009 *'' Beris vallata'' ( Forster, 1771) *'' Beris yangxiana'' Cui, Li & Yang, 2010 *'' Beris zhouae'' Qi, Zhang & Yang, 2011 *'' Beris zhouquensis'' Li, Zhang & Yang, 2011 *'' Beris ziminae'' Rozkošný & Nartshuk, 1980

References

Stratiomyidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille Diptera of North America Diptera of Europe Diptera of Asia {{Stratiomyidae-stub