| Apterodromia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Hybotidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocydromiinae |
| Tribe: | Ocydromiini |
| Genus: | Apterodromia Oldroyd, 1949 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Apterodromia evansi | |
Apterodromia is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae. [2]
The Empidoidea are a large monophyletic superfamily of true flies, the sister taxon to the Muscomorpha (Cyclorrhapha). These two groups are sometimes united in the unranked taxon Eremoneura. There are some 10,000 known species within Empidoidea, which are represented on all continents except Antarctica. They are known to have existed since the Jurassic period.
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
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.
Atelestidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea. The four genera were placed in a separate family in 1983; they were formerly either in Platypezidae or considered incertae sedis. While they are doubtless the most basal of the living Empidoidea, the monophyly of the family is not fully proven. The genus Nemedina seems to represent a most ancient lineage among the entire superfamily, while Meghyperus is probably not monophyletic in its present delimitation, and it is liable to be split up eventually, with some species being placed elsewhere. In 2010, the genus Alavesia, previously only known from Cretaceous fossils, was found alive in Namibia, subsequent species were also described from Brazil.
Tachydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies widespread in the world.
Ocydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies.
Hybotinae is a globally widespread subfamily of hybotid flies.
Brachystomatinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
Parathalassiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an extended concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, and forms a monophyletic group with Dolichopodidae sensu stricto. It was once placed provisionally in the subfamily Microphorinae as the tribe Parathalassiini.
Chersodromia is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Microphorella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is currently considered both paraphyletic and polyphyletic, and several species groups may need to be recognised as subgenera or genera.
Leptodromia is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Neotrichina is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Ocydromiini is a tribe of hybotid flies.
Atodrapetis is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Chaetodromia is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Isodrapetis is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Nanodromia is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Stilpon is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Acarterus is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
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