Hybotidae

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Hybotidae
Bicellaria spuria
Bicellaria spuria
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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