Gloma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Empididae |
Subfamily: | Trichopezinae |
Genus: | Gloma Meigen, 1822 [1] |
Type species | |
Boreodromia fuscipennis |
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
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.
Empis is a genus of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It contains the following subgenera and species:
Hilara is a genus of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae.
Rhamphomyia is a genus of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae.
Hemerodromiinae are a worldwide group of predatory flies with raptorial forelegs.
Brachystoma is a genus of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
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.
Microphor is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Apalocnemis is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Phaeobalia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Wiedemannia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Lamprempis 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.
Anacrostichus is a subgenus of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae.