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belonging to the family

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. These are small to large robust flies with a body length of 5–14 mm. They can be distinguished from similar genera (''

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Extant species

*'' H. alba'' Ávalos-Hernández, 2009 - Nearctic: Mexico *'' H. bigradata'' ( Loew, 1869) - Nearctic: USA (California, New Mexico). Neotropical: Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico *'' H. blanchardiana'' (Jaennicke, 1867) - Nearctic: Mexico (Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Guerrero, México, Puebla, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Texas) *'' H. castanipes''

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, 1892 - Nearctic *'' H. catulina'' (

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, 1894) - Nearctic: USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming) *'' H. chimaera'' ( Osten Sacken, 1887) - Nearctic: Mexico (Guerrero, Sonora), USA (Arizona) *'' H. comanche'' (Painter in Painter & Painter, 1962) - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah) *'' H. differens'' (Hall, 1976) - Neotropical: Chile *'' H. discolor'' (Hall, 1976) - Neotropical: Chile *'' H. ditaenia'' ( Wiedemann, 1828) - Neotropical: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay *'' H. divisa'' (

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) - Neotropical: South America *'' H. edwardsii'' (

, 1894) - Nearctic: Canada (British Columbia), USA (California) *'' H. edwarsi'' (Oldroyd, 1938) - Neotropical: Chile *'' H. epilais'' ( Wiedemann, 1828) - Neotropical: Brazil *'' H. ethiops'' (Greathead, 1967) - Afrotropical: Ethiopia *'' H. eversmanni'' Zaitzev and Madra Mandicencio, 1966 - Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine *'' H. exoprosopoides'' Paramonov, 1928 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Sichuan), Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. *'' H. extensa'' Wulp, 1888 - Neotropical: Argentina *'' H. galapagensis'' (Painter & Painter, 1974) - Neotropical: Argentina *'' H. galathea'' ( Osten Sacken, 1886) - Neotropical: Costa Rica *'' H. gaudanica'' Paramonov, 1927 - Palaearctic: China (Xinjiang), Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan *'' H. gayi'' ( Macquart, 1840) - Neotropical: Chile *'' H. gussakovskyi'' Zaitzev, 1966 - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan *'' H. hamifera'' (Loew, 1854) - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China (Jiangsu, Nei Monggol, Xinjiang), France, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy (incl. Sicily), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Russia (ES, WS), Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia *'' H. incisiva'' (Walker, 1852) - Nearctic: Mexico (Guerrero) *'' H. inops'' (

, 1887) - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Washington) *'' H. jaennickeana'' ( Osten Sacken, 1886) - Nearctic: Mexico (Morelos, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah) *'' H. jezoensis'' (Matsumura, 1916) - Oriental: Taiwan. Palaearctic: Japan *'' H. lepidota'' ( Osten Sacken, 1887) - Nearctic: Canada (Alberta), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada) *'' H. maura'' (

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) - Palaearctic *'' H. melaleuca'' ( Wiedemann, 1828) - Neotropical: Argentina, Uruguay *'' H. melana'' Bowden, 1965 - Oriental: Nepal *'' H. mesasiatica'' Zaitzev, 1962 - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan *'' H. micromelas'' (

, 1892) - Neotropical: Argentina *'' H. mischanensis'' Paramonov, 1927 - Palaearctic: Armenia *'' H. montanorum'' (Austen, 1936) - Oriental: China (Yunnan). Palaearctic: China (Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang) *'' H. morio'' (

) - Oriental, Palaearctic *'' H. nitidofasciata'' (Portschinsky, 1892) - Palaearctic: Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan *'' H. noscibilis'' (Austen, 1936) - Palaearctic: China (Xizang) *'' H. nudiuscula'' (Thomson, 1869) - Neotropical: Panama *'' H. pamirensis'' Zaitzev, 1962 - Palaearctic: Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan *'' H. panfilovi'' Zaitzev, 1981 - Palaearctic: Russia *'' H. pauper'' (Becker, 1916) - Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt *'' H. praecisa'' ( Loew, 1869) - Palaearctic: China (Beijing, Hebei, Nei Monggol), Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan *'' H. pullata'' (

, 1894) - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California) *'' H. referens'' (

, 1852) - Oriental: India, Myanmar, Pakistan *'' H. robusta'' Zaitzev, 1966 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Gruzia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan *'' H. ruficollis'' (Bigot, 1892) - Neotropical: Argentina, Venezuela *'' H. scylla'' ( Osten Sacken, 1887) - Nearctic: Mexico (Guanajuato, Sonora), USA (Arizona, Texas). Neotropical: Venezuela *'' H. semifucata'' (Hall, 1976) - Nearctic: USA (Arizona) *'' H. seminigra'' Loew, 1869 - Nearctic: Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan), Mexico (Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington). Neotropical: Puerto Rico (incl. ''H. eumenes'') *'' H. sinuosa'' ( Wiedemann, 1821) - Nearctic: USA *'' H. splendida'' Zaitzev, 1962 - Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan *'' H. subarcuata'' Loew, 1871 - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Tunisia *'' H. subvelutina'' Loew, 1871 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Shandong), Gruzia, Iran, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan *'' H. tarapacensis'' (Hall, 1976) - Neotropical: Chile *'' H. tenuirostris'' ( Macquart, 1850) - Neotropical: Chile, Peru *'' H. translucens'' Ávalos-Hernández, 2009 - Nearctic: Mexico *'' H. tushetica'' Zaitzev, 1966 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Nei Monggol, Qinghai, Xinjiang), Gruzia, Iran *'' H. velutina'' ( Meigen, 1820) - Oriental (Pakistan), Palaearctic *'' H. villeneuvi'' François, 1970 - Palaearctic: France, Greece, Italy *'' H. vockerothi'' François, 1969 - Palaearctic: Spain *'' H. webberi'' (Johnson, 1919) - Nearctic: Canada (Ontario, Quebec), USA (Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Vermont, Wyoming) *'' H. wilcoxi'' (Painter, 1933) - Nearctic: USA (California, Washington) *'' H. yaqui'' (Painter in Painter & Painter, 1962) - Nearctic: Mexico (Sonora), USA (Arizona)

Extinct species

*'' H. gabbroensis'' (Handlirsch, 1907) - (Miocene) Italy *'' H. provincialis'' (Handlirsch, 1907) - (Oligocene) France *'' H. tertiaria'' (Handlirsch, 1907) - (Oligocene) Germany

References

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