Ulidiini is a tribe of picture-winged flies in the family

Ulidiidae The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, alo ...

that live in the arid and sub arid regions of the

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

. There are three genera and around 100 species within the tribe. The tribe was first named in 1835; its type genus is '' Ulidia''. Species in tribe Ulidiini are small and mostly black and brown in color. They can be distinguished from other tribes of the family Ulidiidae by the apical structure of the phallus. Genera in the tribe Ulidiini include: *'' Physiphora'' Fallén, 1810 *''

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'' Wiedemann, 1824 *'' Ulidia'' Meigen, 1826

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Ulidiidae Insect tribes Taxa described in 1835 {{Ulidiidae-stub