Hybotidae

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Hybotidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Asilomorpha
Superfamily: Empidoidea
Family: Hybotidae

Hybotidae or dance flies is a family of flies.

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[edit] Family Description

See[1]

[edit] Identification (Literature)

The members of Hybotidae were formerly in Empididae.Much of the literature covers both families.

Chvála, M. 1975. The Tachydromiinae (Dipt. Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 3. Scandinavian Science Press Ltd., Klampenborg, Danmark. Chvála, M. 1983. The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark II. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 12. Scandinavian Science Press Ltd., Klampenborg, Danmark

[edit] Phylogenetic Position

The phylogenetic position of the Hybotidae is discussed by Sinclair and Cumming [2]

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