| Ceratomerus | |
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| Adult female Ceratomerus n.sp | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Brachystomatinae |
| Genus: | Ceratomerus Philippi, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Ceratomerus paradoxus Philippi, 1865 | |
| Synonyms | |
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.
The Apioceridae, or flower-loving flies, are a small family of flies, all in the single genus Apiocera. They occur mostly in dry, sandy habitats in the deserts of North America, South America, and Australia. Other genera formerly placed in Apioceridae are now in Mydidae.
The Pyrgotidae are an unusual family of flies (Diptera), one of only two families of Cyclorrhapha that lack ocelli. Most species are "picture-winged", as is typical among the Tephritoidea, but unlike other tephritoids, they are endoparasitoids; the females pursue scarab beetles in flight, laying an egg on the beetle's back under the elytra where the beetle cannot reach it. The egg hatches and the fly larva enters the body cavity of the beetle, feeding and eventually killing the host before pupating. In the United States, some species of Pyrgota and Sphecomyiella can be quite common in areas where their host beetles are abundant. Like their host beetles, these flies are primarily nocturnal, and are often attracted to artificial lights.
Trichopezinae are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized, long-legged and large-eyed.
Hemerodromiinae are a worldwide group of predatory flies with raptorial forelegs.
Brachystomatinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
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.
Phyllodromia is a genus of dance flies. There are about 10 described species in Phyllodromia.
Apalocnemis is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Zealandicesa is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Atrichopleura is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Gynatoma is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Hilarigona is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Hilarempis is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Chelipoda is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Cladodromia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Chelifera is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Coelopinae is a subfamily of kelp flies in the family Coelopidae.
Homalocnemis is a genus of flies which is placed in a family of its own, the Homalocnemiidae. 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.
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