Austropeza | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Hybotidae |
Subfamily: | Ocydromiinae |
Tribe: | Ocydromiini |
Genus: | Austropeza Plant, 1989 [1] |
Type species | |
Leptopeza insolita |
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.
Tachydromia is a genus of hybotid flies. It is widespread around the world, with species found essentially everywhere except the polar regions and some remote islands. They are not very diverse in East and Southeast Asia, or in Africa
Tachydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies widespread in the world.
Ocydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies.
Drapetini is a tribe of hybotid flies widespread in the world. There are 19 currently recognised genera. See the Wikispecies link below for details.
Hemerodromiinae are a worldwide group of predatory flies with raptorial forelegs.
Clinocerinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
Empidinae are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized. Most species are flower visitors and they can be effective pollinators.
Chersodromia is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Phyllodromia is a genus of dance flies. There are about 10 described species in Phyllodromia.
Ceratomerus is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Zealandicesa is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Gynatoma is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Homalocnemis is a genus of flies which is placed in a family of its own, the Homalocnemidae. There are about seven species in the genus found in the Afrotropical, Neotropical, and Australasian regions, suggestive of a Gondwanan origin. The genus was formerly considered a primitive empidoid and placed variously in the Hybotidae or in the empidid subfamily Brachystomatinae. They are recognized by their wing venation which includes a long anal cell and a long basal segment of the antennal style.
Bicellaria is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Oropezella is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Ocydromiini is a tribe of hybotid flies.
Isodrapetis is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Stilpon is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.