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) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Superfamily: | Empidoidea |
| Family: | Hybotidae |
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Hybotinae |
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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.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Systematic list
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The subfamilies with their tribes and selected genera are:[5][6][2]
- 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[verification needed], Sinclair & Cumming, 2006
- Genus Bicellaria Macquart, 1823
- Genus Hoplocyrtoma
- Genus Leptocyrtoma
- Tribe Ocydromiini
- Genus Leptodromiella Tuomikoski, 1936
- Genus Leptopeza Macquart, 1834
- Genus Ocydromia Meigen, 1820
- Genus Oropezella Collin, 1926
- 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[verification needed]
- Genus Trichinomyia Tuomikoski, 1966[verification needed]
- Tribe Symballophthalmini Bradley[verification needed], Sinclair & Cumming, 2006
- Genus Symballophthalmus Becker[verification needed], 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
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- 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
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa (Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1180: 172. ISBN 1-877407-80-1. http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Doid/Doidclass/SinclairCumming2006.pdf. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ E.g. Kahanpää
- ^ E.g. ITIS (1996)
- ^ Chvála (1983)
- ^ Chvála, Milan (1975) (PB). The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 3. Klampenborg: Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. pp. 1–336. ISBN 87 87491 04 4.
[edit] References
"Hybotidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=136392. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
- Chvála, M. (1975): The Tachydromiinae (Dipt. Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 3: 1–338.
- Chvála, M. (1983): The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. General Part. The families Hybotidae, Atelestidae and Microphoridae. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 12: 1–279.
- Kahanpää, Jere (ed.) (2007): Draft Catalogue of Finnish Flies (Diptera: Brachycera) - Hybotidae. Version of 2008-JUL-23. Retrieved 2008-JUL-30.
- Moulton, J.K. & Wiegmann, B.M. (2007): The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 43(3): 701-713. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.029 (HTML abstract)
- Sinclair, B.J. & Cumming, J.M. (2006): The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa 1180: 1-172. PDF fulltext
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