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{{Short description|Species of fly}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Physiphora alceae''
| image = Physiphora.alceae.jpg
| image_caption = ''Physiphora alceae'' 
| regnum = [[Biology:Animal|Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Biology:Arthropod|Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Biology:Insect|Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Biology:Fly|Diptera]]
| familia = [[Biology:Ulidiidae|Ulidiidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Biology:Ulidiinae|Ulidiinae]]
| tribus = [[Biology:Ulidiini|Ulidiini]]<ref name="Kameneva">{{cite journal | last1 = Kameneva | first1 = E. P. | last2 = Korneyev | first2 = V. A. | year = 2006 | title = Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification of the family. In: Freidberg A., ed. Biotaxonomy of Tephritoidea | journal = Israel Journal of Entomology | volume = 35-36 | pages = 497–586 | location = Bet Dagan | publisher = The Entomological Society of Israel | issn = 0075-1243  }}</ref> 
| genus = ''[[Biology:Physiphora|Physiphora]]''
| species = '''''P. alceae'''''
| binomial = ''Physiphora alceae''
| binomial_authority = (Preyssler, 1791)
}}

'''''Physiphora alceae''''' is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus ''[[Biology:Physiphora|Physiphora]]'' of the family [[Biology:Ulidiidae|Ulidiidae]].<ref name="Kameneva"/>

==Distribution==
''P. alceae'' is a cosmopolitan species.

==Lifecycle==
Larvae of ''P. alceae'' feed on decaying plant and animal material and .<ref>{{cite book|last=Ferrar|first=P.|title=A guide to the breeding habits and immature stages of Diptera Cyclorrhapha V8|year=1987|publisher=Scandinavian Science Press|location=Leiden, Copenhagen|pages=478}}</ref>

==Mating behavior==
The males of ''P. alceae'' were reported to court with an elaborate dance. The courting male may move his fore legs up and down in front of the female. He may also shake his fore legs, turn sidewise to his partner and lift one of his wings, tap on the head or thorax of the partner and probe her with his proboscis (mouthparts).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Alcock|first=J.|author2=Pyle|title=The complex courtship behavior of Physiphora demandata (F.) (Diptera:Otitidae)|journal=Journal of Comparative Ethology|year=1979|volume=49|pages=352–362}}</ref>

==References==
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