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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,Moulton & Wiegmann (2007) which are represented on all continents except Antarctica. They are known to have existed since the Jurassic period.Grimaldi & Engel (2005) Empidoidea has been subject to much debate regarding its phylogeny. Based on morphology alone, three major hypotheses had been proposed until 2007 and seemed to be consensus for some time—however, in 2018, Wahlberg & Johanson published the most current phylogeny supported by extensive genetic data, changing the relationship between quite a few families and tribes.Wahlberg & Johanson (2018) Description The majority of these insects are predatory, often with large compound eyes (sometimes covering almost the entire surface of the head), and tend to be associated with moist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium-sized, non-metallic and rather bristly. Common names for members of this family are dagger flies (referring to the sharp piercing mouthparts of some species) and balloon flies. The term "dance flies" is sometimes used for this family too, but the dance flies proper, formerly included herein, are now considered a separate family Hybotidae. Description Empididae are small to medium-sized flies, rarely large (1.0 to 15.0mm). The body is slender, or elongated and rarely thickset. The colour ranges from yellow to black, and they may be pollinose or lustrous, but never have a metallic gloss. The head is often small and rounded with relatively large eyes. The eyes of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolichopodidae
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. Dolichopodidae generally are small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic cast to their appearance, though there is considerable variation among the species. Most have long legs, though some do not. In many species, the males have unusually large genitalia which are taxonomically useful in identifying species. Most adults are predatory on other small animals, though some may scavenge or act as kleptoparasites of spiders or other predators. Description Dolichopodidae are a family of flies ranging in size from minute to medium-sized (1mm to 9mm). They have characteristically long and slender legs, though their leg length is not as striking as in families such as the Tipulidae. Their posture often is stilt-like standing high on their legs, with the body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hybotidae
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. Some, such as '' Tachydromia'', are predators that run around on the bark of trees in complex patterns, hence the common name. ''Tachydromia'' species are only about three millimeters long. Description Hybotidae share some similarities with the family Dolichopodidae, 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 R4+5 vein, where the costa either ends near or at M1/M1+2, or near or at R4+5/R5. Furthermore, it can be distinguished from Dolichopodidae by the point of vein Rs, 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. Among the Empidoidea, they r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atelestidae
Atelestidae is a family (biology), family of Diptera, flies in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Empidoidea. The four genera were placed in a separate family in 1983; they were formerly either in Platypezidae (which are not even particularly closely related) or considered ''incertae sedis''. While they are doubtless the most basal (evolution), basal of the living Empidoidea, the monophyly of the family is not fully proven. The genus ''Nemedina'' seems to represent a most ancient lineage among the entire superfamily, while ''Meghyperus'' is probably not monophyletic in its present delimitation, and it is liable to be split up eventually, with some species being placed elsewhere. In 2010, the genus ''Alavesia'', previously only known from Cretaceous fossils, was found alive in Namibia, subsequent species were also described from Brazil. Atelestidae has been shown to form the sister group to the remaining members of the Empidoidea superfamily. Subfamilies include Atelestinae and Nemedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachystomatinae
Brachystomatinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae. (2018): Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera). ''Systematic Entomology'' 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, and restored it to the rank of subfamily. Genera *'' Anomalempis'' Melander, 1928 *'' Apalocnemis'' Philippi, 1865 *'' Boreodromia'' Coquillett, 1903 *'' Brachystoma'' Meigen, 1822 *'' Ceratempis'' Melander, 1927 *'' Ceratomerus'' Philippi, 1865 *'' Ephydrempis'' Saig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragadidae
Ragadidae is a family of true flies in the superfamily Empidoidea. It was formerly considered a lower taxon, but was published as a new subfamily within Empididae in 2016.Sinclair (2016) Since then, it has been classified as the sister group to Empididae, and has been elevated to family level based on the genetic differences which separate it from Empididae.Wahlberg & Johanson (2018) Description Ragadidae are similar to Empididae and Atelestidae in the sense that their genitalia have symmetrical and straight terminalia. In their wings, the point of origin of the Rs vein is located at a distance from the humeral crossvein (h) as long as, or longer than, h. There is also a circumambient costa in the wing, which distinguishes Ragadidae from Atelestidae. Furthermore, the prosternum being separated from the proepisternum sets Ragadidae aside from Empididae—this is true for all except one genera (''Hydropeza'' ''spp''.), which can instead be characterized through its recurved la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreogetonidae
Oreogetonidae is a family of flies in the order Diptera, belonging to the superfamily 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 Empidoid .... The family comprises a single genus, '' Oreogeton'', with 36 described species. These flies are widely distributed across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and particularly South America, where the majority of species are found. Description Oreogetonidae are small to medium-sized, slender flies characterized by broad wings with a large anal lobe. Their wing venation includes distinctive patterns: the radial vein branches into four, the medial vein into three, and a large, irregular pentagonal discal cell is present in the wing's center. The two anal veins are weak and do not reach the wing margin. Additional features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicellariinae
Bicellariini is a tribe of hybotid flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin .... Genera *'' Bicellaria'' Macquart, 1823 *'' Hoplocyrtoma'' Melander, 1928 *'' Leptocyrtoma'' Saigusa, 1986 References Hybotidae Brachycera tribes Taxa described in 2006 {{Empidoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muscomorpha
The Brachyceran infraorder Muscomorpha is a large and diverse group of flies, containing the bulk of the Brachycera and most of the known fly, flies. It includes a number of the most familiar flies, such as the housefly, the Drosophila, fruit fly, and the Calliphoridae, blow fly. The antenna (biology), antennae are short, usually three-segmented, with a dorsal Arista (insect anatomy), arista. Their bodies are often highly setose, and the pattern of setae is often taxonomically important. The larvae of muscomorphs (in the sense the name is used here; see below) have reduced head capsules, and the pupae are formed inside the exoskeleton of the last larval instar. Exit from this puparium is by a circular line of weakness, and this pupal type is called "cyclorrhaphous"; this feature gives this group of flies their traditional name, Cyclorrhapha. Classification The name Cyclorrhapha is used, in various modern classifications, to represent either a subgroup within the infraorder Muscom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homalocnemiidae
''Homalocnemis'' is a genus of flies which is placed in a family of its own, the Homalocnemidae. There are about seven species in the genus found in the Afrotropical, Neotropical, and Australasian regions, suggestive of a Gondwanan origin. The genus was formerly considered a primitive empidoid and placed variously in the Hybotidae or in the empidid subfamily Brachystomatinae Brachystomatinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae. (2018): Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera). ''Systematic Entomology'' 43(4): 619–636. Taxonomy Until 2006, Brachystomatina .... They are recognized by their wing venation which includes a long anal cell and a long basal segment of the antennal style. Species in the genus include: ;New Zealand * ''H. adelensis'' (Miller, 1913) * ''H. inexpleta'' Collin, 1928 * ''H. perspicua'' (Hutton, 1901) * ''H. maculipennis'' Malloch, 1932 ;Namibia * ''H. namibiensis'' Chvála, 1991 ;Chile * ''H. pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microphorinae
Microphorinae is a subfamily of fly, 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. Genera The subfamily includes seven genera, two extant and five extinct: *†''Avenaphora'' Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 – Early Cretaceous *†''Curvus (fly), Curvus'' Kaddumi, 2005 – Jordanian amber, Albian *†''Meghyperiella'' Meunier, 1908 – Baltic amber, Eocene *''Microphor'' Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart, Macquart, 1827 *†''Microphorites'' Willi Hennig, Hennig, 1971 – Early Cretaceous-Eocene *†''Pristinmicrophor'' Tang, Shi, Wang & Yang, 2019 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *''Schistostoma'' Theodor Becker, Becker, 1902 References External links * {{taxonbar, from1=Q1547666, from2=Q17583127 Microphorinae, Dolichopodidae subfamilies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
