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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 ...
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Hybos Grossipes (Hybotidae) Wing
''Hybos'' is a genus of Hybotidae, hybotid fly, flies. Species *''Hybos aceriformis'' Plant, 2013 *''Hybos acutatus'' Yang & Yang, 1986 *''Hybos aimai'' Smith, 1965 *''Hybos alamaculatus'' Yang & Yang, 1995 *''Hybos anae'' Yang & Yang, 2004 *''Hybos ancistroides'' Yang & Yang, 1986 *''Hybos ancyclochiles'' Plant, 2013 *''Hybos andradei'' Shamshev, Grootaert & Kustov, 2015 *''Hybos anisoserratus'' Plant, 2013 *''Hybos annulipes'' Richard Karl Hjalmar Frey, Frey, 1953 *''Hybos apicalis'' Richard Karl Hjalmar Frey, Frey, 1953 *''Hybos apiciacutatus'' Yang & Yang, 2004 *''Hybos apiciflavus'' Yang & Yang, 1995 *''Hybos apicihamatus'' Yang & Yang, 1995 *''Hybos apicis'' Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti, Brunetti, 1913 *''Hybos arctus'' Yang & Yang, 1988 *''Hybos aurifer'' Saigusa, 1963 *''Hybos auripes'' Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti, Brunetti, 1913 *''Hybos baiyunshanensis'' Saigusa & Yang, 2003 *''Hybos basiflavus'' Yang & Yang, 1986 *''Hybos bawanlingensis'' Yang, 2008 *''Hybos beibenganus'' Wan ...
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