| Xanthodromia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Brachystomatinae |
| Genus: | Xanthodromia Saigusa, 1986 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Xanthodromia tenuicaudata Saigusa, 1986 [1] | |
Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the biogeographic realms 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.
The Opetiidae or flat-footed flies are members of a family of flies. The family contains only five extant species in two genera, Opetia, and Puyehuemyia. the remaining taxa are known only from fossils.
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.
Chrysotimus is a genus of longlegged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is cosmopolitan in distribution, but it is probably paraphyletic with respect to several genera of limited distribution.
Teuchophorus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Rhamphomyia is a genus of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae.
Hybos is a genus of hybotid flies.
Brachystoma is a genus of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
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.
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.
Heleodromia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Ephydrempis is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Rhyacodromia 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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