| Platypalpus melleus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Hybotidae |
| Subfamily: | Tachydromiinae |
| Tribe: | Tachydromiini |
| Genus: | Platypalpus |
| Species: | P. melleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platypalpus melleus | |
Platypalpus melleus is a species of hybotid dance flies (insects in the family Hybotidae). [2]
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Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
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.
Hybotinae is a globally widespread subfamily of hybotid flies.
Brachystomatinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
Clinocerinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
Euhybus strumaticus is a species of hybotid dance flies in the family Hybotidae.
Platypalpus impexus is a species of hybotid dance fly in the family Hybotidae.
Parathalassiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an extended concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, and forms a monophyletic group with Dolichopodidae sensu stricto. It was once placed provisionally in the subfamily Microphorinae as the tribe Parathalassiini.
Platypalpus holosericus is a species of hybotid dance flies.
Chersodromia parallela is a species of hybotid dance flies in the family Hybotidae.
Chersodromia insignita is a species of hybotid dance fly in the family Hybotidae.
Syneches is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Syneches ater is a species of hybotid dance fly in the family Hybotidae.
Platypalpus flammifer is a species of hybotid dance flies.
Chersodromia inusitata is a species of hybotid dance fly in the family Hybotidae.
Allanthalia is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Platypalpus harpiger is a species of hybotid dance flies.
Microphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, though it was previously considered a family of its own.
Abocciputa is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae. The sole species, Abocciputa pilosa, was described by Adrian R.Plant in 1989.
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