Homalocnemis

Homalocnemis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Asilomorpha
Superfamily:	Empidoidea
Family:	Homalocnemidae Collin, 1928
Genus:	Homalocnemis Philippi, 1865
Type species
Homalocnemis nigripennis Philippi, 1865

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.

Species in the genus include: ^[1]

New Zealand

• H. adelensis (Miller, 1913)
• H. inexpleta Collin, 1928
• H. perspicua (Hutton, 1901)
• H. maculipennis Malloch, 1932

Namibia

• H. namibiensis Chvála, 1991 ^[2]

Chile

• H. praesumpta Collin, 1928
• H. nigripennis Philippi, 1865

References

1. Smith, Kenneth G.V. (2008). "Subfamily Empidoidea". In Evenhuis, Neal (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of Australasia and Oceania. pp. 382–392.
2. Chvála, Milan (1991). "First record of the relict Gondwanan genus Homalocnemis Philippi (Diptera: Empididae) from Namibia and the Afrotropical Region". Annals of the Natal Museum. 32 (1): 13–18.