Hybotidae
- "Dance fly" and "dance flies" redirect here. This term is also used for some Empididae.
| Hybotidae | |
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| Bicellaria spuria (Ocydromiinae: Bicellariini) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Superfamily: | Empidoidea |
| Family: | Hybotidae |
| Subfamilies | |
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Hybotidae, the typical dance flies are a family of true flies. They belong to the superfamily Empidoidea and were formerly included in the Empididae as a subfamily.
Some, such as Tachydromia, are predators that run around on the bark of trees in complex pattern, hence the common name. Tachydromia species are only about three millimeters long.
Systematics
The Hybotidae clearly form a lineage quite distinct from the Empididae. Among the Empidoidea, they represent a lineage more basal than the main radiation of Empididae and Dolichopodidae, though they are not as ancient as the genera placed in the Atelestidae.[1][2]
By and large, the Hybotidae are monophyletic. Among its subfamilies, the Hybotinae and Tachydromiinae certainly represent clades. The status of the Ocydromiinae as a natural group is less clear, in particular whether the Trichininae should be included as tribe Trichinini or even in the Bicellariini[3] or Oedaleini,[4] or whether they are more distinct and warrant recognition as a separate subfamily.[1]
Systematic list
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The subfamilies with their tribes and selected genera are:[2][5][6]
- Genus Acarterus Loew, 1858
- Genus Afrohybos Smith, 1967
- Genus Ceratohybos Bezzi
- Genus Chillcottomyia Saigusa, 1986
- Genus Euhybus Coquillett, 1895
- Genus Hybos Meigen, 1803
- Genus Lactistomyia Melander, 1902
- Genus Lamachella Melander, 1928
- Genus Neohybos Ale-Rocha & Carvalho, 2003
- Genus Parahybos Kertész, 1899
- Genus Smithybos Ale-Rocha, 2000
- Genus Stenoproctus Loew, 1858
- Genus Syndyas Loew, 1857
- Genus Syneches Walker, 1852
- Tribe Bicellariini Bradley, Sinclair & Cumming, 2006
- Genus Bicellaria Macquart, 1823
- Genus Hoplocyrtoma
- Genus Leptocyrtoma
- Tribe Ocydromiini
- Tribe Oedaleini Chvála, 1983
- Genus Allanthalia Melander, 1927
- Genus Anthalia Zetterstedt, 1838
- Genus Euthyneura Macquart, 1836
- Genus Oedalea Meigen, 1820
Trichininae (often included in Ocydromiinae)
- Genus Trichina Meigen, 1822
- Genus Trichinomyia Tuomikoski, 1966
- Tribe Symballophthalmini Bradley, Sinclair & Cumming, 2006
- Genus Symballophthalmus Becker, 1889
- Tribe Drapetini Collin, 1961
- Genus Allodromia
- Genus Atodrapetis Plant, 1997
- Genus Austrodrapetis
- Genus Austrodromia Collin, 1961
- Genus Chaetodromia
- Genus Chersodromia Haliday in Walker, 1851
- Genus Crossopalpus Bigot, 1857
- Genus Drapetis Meigen, 1822
- Genus Dusmetina
- Genus Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827
- Genus Isodrapetis Collin, 1961
- Genus Megagrapha Melander, 1928
- Genus Micrempis Melander, 1928
- Genus Nanodromia
- Genus Ngaheremyia Plant & Didham, 2006
- Genus Pontodromia
- Genus Sinodrapetis
- Genus Stilpon Loew, 1859
- Tribe Tachydromiini
- Genus Ariasella
- Genus Charadrodromia Melander, 1928
- Genus Dysaletria
- Genus Pieltainia
- Genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827
- Genus Tachydromia Meigen, 1803
- Genus Tachyempis Melander, 1928
- Genus Tachypeza Meigen, 1830
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moulton, J. K.; Wiegmann, B. M. (2007). "The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera).". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43 (3): 701–713. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.029. PMID 17468014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1180: 1–172. ISBN 1-877407-80-1. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ↑ Jere Kahanpää (July 23, 2008). "Hybotidae". Draft Catalogue of Finnish Flies (Diptera: Brachycera). Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Hybotidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
- ↑ M. Chvála (1983). "The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. General Part. The families Hybotidae, Atelestidae and Microphoridae". Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 12: 1–279.
- ↑ Chvála, Milan (1975). The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (PB). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 3. Klampenborg: Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. pp. 1–336. ISBN 87-87491-04-4.
External links
Data related to Hybotidae at Wikispecies
Media related to Hybotidae at Wikimedia Commons- Family description
- Images at Diptera.info
- Key to UK genera
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