Hybotidae, the typical dance flies, are a
family
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of
true 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 ...
. They belong to the
superfamily
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Empidoidea
The Empidoidea are a large monophyletic superfamily of true flies, the sister taxon to the Muscomorpha (Cyclorrhapha). These two groups are sometimes united in the unranked taxon Eremoneura. There are some 10,000 known species within Empidoidea, ...
and were formerly included in the
Empididae
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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 ...
as a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
.
Some, such as ''
Tachydromia'', are
predator
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...
s that run around on the bark of trees in complex patterns, hence the common name. ''Tachydromia''
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
are only about three millimeters long.
Description
![Hybos grossipes (Hybotidae) wing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Hybos_grossipes_%28Hybotidae%29_wing.png)
Hybotidae share some similarities with the family
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally are ...
, when looking at rotation of genitalia and wing characteristics. Male terminalia are rotated dextrally between 45° and 90°, excluding segment 7. Hybotidae wings always have a simple R
4+5 vein, where the costa either ends near or at M
1/M
1+2, or near or at R
4+5/R
5. Furthermore, it can be distinguished from Dolichopodidae by the point of vein R
s, which it at a distance from the humeral crossvein (h) equal to or longer than the length of h.
Systematics
The Hybotidae clearly form a lineage quite distinct from the
Empididae
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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 ...
. Among the
Empidoidea
The Empidoidea are a large monophyletic superfamily of true flies, the sister taxon to the Muscomorpha (Cyclorrhapha). These two groups are sometimes united in the unranked taxon Eremoneura. There are some 10,000 known species within Empidoidea, ...
, they represent a lineage more
basal than the main radiation of Empididae and
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally are ...
, though they are not as ancient as the genera placed in the
Atelestidae.
By and large, the Hybotidae are
monophyletic
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. Among its
subfamilies
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, the
Hybotinae and
Tachydromiinae certainly represent
clade
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s. The status of the
Ocydromiinae as a natural group is less clear, in particular whether the
Trichininae should be included as
tribe
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Trichinini or even in the
Bicellariini or
Oedaleini, or whether they are more distinct and warrant recognition as a separate subfamily.
Based on the most recent phylogenetic studies,
the relationship between Hybotidae and other members of Empidoidea is as follows. The placement of Hybotidae is emphasized in bold formatting.
Systematic list
The subfamilies with their tribes and selected
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
are:
Hybotinae Meigen, 1820
![Hybos culiciformis-pjt](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Hybos_culiciformis-pjt.jpg)
* ''
Acarterus''
Loew, 1858
* ''
Afrohybos''
Smith, 1967
* ''
Ceratohybos''
Bezzi
* ''
Chillcottomyia''
Saigusa, 1986
* ''
Euhybus''
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 ...
, 1895
*†''
Eternia
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''
Martins-Neto et al. 1992 Tremembé Formation
Tremembé is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 47,714 (2020 est.) in an area of 191.09 km². The elevation is 560 m.
A shr ...
, Brazil,
Chattian
The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage ...
* ''
Hybos''
Meigen, 1803
* ''
Lactistomyia''
Melander, 1902
* ''
Lamachella''
Melander, 1928
* ''
Neohybos''
Ale-Rocha & Carvalho, 2003
* ''
Parahybos''
Kertész, 1899
*†''
Pseudoacarterus'' Waters 1989
Orapa
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, Botswana,
Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded by t ...
* ''
Smithybos''
Ale-Rocha, 2000
* ''
Stenoproctus''
Loew, 1858
* ''
Syndyas''
Loew, 1857
* ''
Syneches''
Walker
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People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1852
*†''
Syneproctus''
Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2020 Dominican amber
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Dominican amber differentiates itself from Baltic amber by being nearly always transparent, and it has a higher number of fossil incl ...
,
Miocene
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Ocydromiinae
![Ocydromia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Ocydromia.glabricula.jpg)
* Tribe
Bicellariini Bradley, Sinclair & Cumming, 2006
** ''
Bicellaria''
Macquart, 1823
** ''
Hoplocyrtoma''
** ''
Leptocyrtoma''
* Tribe
Ocydromiini
** ''
Leptodromiella''
Tuomikoski, 1936
** ''
Leptopeza''
Macquart, 1834
** ''
Ocydromia''
Meigen, 1820
** ''
Oropezella''
Collin, 1926
* Tribe
Oedaleini Chvála, 1983
** ''
Allanthalia''
Melander, 1927
** ''
Anthalia''
Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Sweden, Swedish Naturalism (philosophy) , naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...
, 1838
** ''
Euthyneura
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Euthyneura are characterised by several autapomorphies, but are n ...
''
Macquart, 1836
** ''
Oedalea''
Meigen, 1820
*†''
Ecommocydromia''
Schlüter 1978 Bezonnais amber, France,
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...
*†''
Pouillonhybos'' Ngô-Muller et al. 2020, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
Trichininae (often included in Ocydromiinae)
* ''
Trichina
''Trichinella'' is the genus of parasitic nematode, roundworms of the phylum nematode, Nematoda that cause trichinosis (also known as trichinellosis). Members of this genus are often called trichinella or trichina worms. A characteristic of Nema ...
''
Meigen, 1830
* ''
Trichinomyia''
Tuomikoski, 1959
![Tachydromia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Tachydromia.cf.arrogans.1.jpg)
* Tribe
Symballophthalmini Bradley, Sinclair & Cumming, 2006
** ''
Symballophthalmus''
Becker''
, 1889''
* Tribe
Drapetini Collin, 1961
** ''
Allodromia''
Smith, 1962
** ''
Atodrapetis''
Plant, 1997
** ''
Austrodrapetis''
Smith, 1964
** ''
Austrodromia''
Collin, 1961
** ''
Chaetodromia''
Chillcott & Teskey, 1983
** ''
Chersodromia''
Haliday in Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1851
** ''
Crossopalpus''
Bigot
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, 1857
** ''
Drapetis''
Meigen, 1822
** ''
Dusmetina''
Gil Collado, 1930
** ''
Elaphropeza''
Macquart, 1827
** ''
Isodrapetis''
Collin, 1961
** ''
Megagrapha''
Melander, 1928
** ''
Micrempis''
Melander, 1928
** ''
Nanodromia''
Grootaert, 1994
** ''
Ngaheremyia''
Plant & Didham, 2006
** ''
Pontodromia''
Grootaert, 1994
** ''
Sinodrapetis''
Yang, Gaimari & Grootaert, 2004
** ''
Stilpon''
Loew, 1859
*Tribe
Tachydromiini
** ''
Charadrodromia''
Melander, 1928
** ''
Dysaletria''
Loew, 1864
** ''
Pieltainia''
Arias, 1919
** ''
Platypalpus''
Macquart, 1827
** ''
Tachydromia''
Meigen, 1803
** ''
Tachyempis''
Melander, 1928
** ''
Tachypeza''
Meigen, 1830
*
†''
Archaeodrapetiops''
Martins-Neto et al. 1992 Tremembé Formation, Brazil, Chattian
*
†''
Cretoplatypalpus''
Kovalev 1978 Taimyr amber Taymyr or Taimyr may refer to:
Places
*Taymyr Peninsula, a peninsula in Siberia
*Taymyr Gulf
*Taymyra, a river in the Taymyr Peninsula
*Lake Taymyr
*Taymyr Island, an island in the Kara Sea
*Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, a former federal subject of Rus ...
, Russia,
Santonian
The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya (million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 mya. The ...
,
Canadian amber
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,
Campanian
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*
†''
Electrocyrtoma''
Cockerell 1917 Burmese amber
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, Myanmar, Cenomanian
*
†''
Mesoplatypalpus''
Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 Canadian amber, Campanian
''Incertae sedis''
*
†''
Trichinites''
Hennig 1970 Lebanese amber
Lebanese amber is fossilized resin found in Lebanon and southwest Syria. It dates back approximately 130-125 million years to the Barremian of the Early Cretaceous. It formed on what was then the northern coast of Gondwana, believed to be a tropica ...
,
Barremian
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References
External links
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Family description
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Key to UK genera
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