Brachystomatinae is a subfamily of

flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

belonging to the family

Empididae __NOTOC__ 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 Empido ...

. (2018): Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera). ''

Systematic Entomology ''Systematic Entomology'' is a scientific journal covering the field of systematic entomology, published by the Royal Entomological Society of London. Having begun in 1932 as '' Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series B ...

'' 43(4): 619–636.

Taxonomy

Until 2006, Brachystomatinae was classified as a subfamily within Empididae, at which point a new phylogeny was proposed in which the lineage was raised to family rank, though other contemporaneous studies did not support this conclusion, (2007): The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). '' Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.'' 43(3): 701-713. and in 2018 a new analysis indicated that the treatment of Brachystomatinae as a family rendered Empididae

paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...

, and restored it to the rank of subfamily.

Genera

*'' Anomalempis'' Melander, 1928 *'' Apalocnemis''

Philippi Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ...

, 1865 *'' Boreodromia''

Coquillett Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scientifi ...

, 1903 *'' Brachystoma'' Meigen, 1822 *'' Ceratempis'' Melander, 1927 *'' Ceratomerus''

, 1865 *'' Ephydrempis'' Saigusa, 1986 *''

Gloma ''Gloma'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Empididae. Species *''Gloma fuscipennis, G. fuscipennis'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1822 *''Gloma fuscipes, G. fuscipes'' Axel Leonard Melander, Melander, 1945 * Extinction, †''Gloma hirta, ...

'' Meigen, 1822 *'' Glyphidopeza'' Sinclair, 1997 *'' Heleodromia'' Haliday, 1833 *'' Hyperperacera'' Collin, 1933 *'' Niphogenia'' Melander, 1928 *'' Pseudheleodromia'' Wagner, 2001 *'' Rubistella'' Garrett-Jones, 1940 *'' Sabroskyella'' Wilder, 1982 *'' Sematopoda'' Collin, 1928 *'' Sinotrichopeza'' Yang, Zhang & Zhang, 2007 *'' Trichopeza'' Rondani, 1856 *'' Xanthodromia'' Saigusa, 1986 *'' Zealandicesa'' Koçak & Kemal, 2010

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