Colabris | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Empididae |
Subfamily: | Hemerodromiinae |
Genus: | Colabris Melander, 1928 [1] |
Type species | |
Colabris rufescens |
Colabris is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Flies are insects with a pair of functional wings for flight and a pair of specialized hindwings called halteres for balance. They are classified as an order called Diptera, that name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings". The order Diptera is divided into two suborders, with about 110 families divided between them; the families contain an estimated 1,000,000 species, including the familiar housefly, horse-fly, crane fly, and hoverfly; although only about 125,000 species have a species description published. The earliest fly fossils found so far are from the Triassic, about 240 million years ago; phylogenetic analysis suggests that flies originated in the Permian, about 260 million years ago.
Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the Ecozones but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium-sized, non-metallic and rather bristly.
Axel Leonard Melander was an American entomologist specialising in Diptera and Hymenoptera. His collection is shared between the German Entomological Institute and the Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C.
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.
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.
Euthyneura is a genus of dance fly. Six species of Euthyneura occur in the United Kingdom. The known range of E. myrtilli extended to Ireland in counties Fermanagh and Antrim in 2007.
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.
Brachystomatidae is a family of flies. There are about 19 genera and at least 140 described species in Brachystomatidae.
Phyllodromia is a genus of dance flies. There are about 10 described species in Phyllodromia.
Anthalia is a genus of hybotid dance flies in the family Hybotidae. There are about 15 described species in Anthalia.
Microphor is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Gloma is a genus of flies in the family Brachystomatidae.
Niphogenia is a genus of flies in the family Brachystomatidae.
Anomalempis is a genus of flies in the family Brachystomatidae.
Phaeobalia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Lamprempis is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Opeatocerata is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Porphyrochroa is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Chelipoda is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Chelifera is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
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