Beris

Beris
Beris vallata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Beridinae
Genus: Beris
Latreille, 1802
Type species
Musca chalybata
Forster, 1771
Synonyms
  • Hexacantha Meigen, 1803
  • Hexacantha Lioy, 1864
  • Octacantha Lioy, 1864
  • Hemiberis Enderlein, 1921

Beris is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. 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.

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