AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Hybotidae Meigen, 1820 (Dance flies)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
1210
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
925
2782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
300
1458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
70
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, Dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
20
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
20 Genera with 38 Species
Acarterus Loew, 19963SpeciesTaxom
Afrohybos Smith, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Anthalia Zetterstedt, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Bicellaria Macquart, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplocyrtoma Melander, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Hybos Meigen, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Lamachella Melander, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Leptopeza Macquart, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Megagrapha Melander, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Ocydromia Meigen, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 196912SpeciesTaxom
Stenoproctus Loew, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Syndyas Loew, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Syneches Walker, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Tachyempis Melander, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
38 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acarterus darwini Sinclair, 1996
Acarterus londti Sinclair, 1996
Acarterus nigricans Sinclair, 1996
Afrohybos valentinus Smith, 1969
Bicellaria furcifer Melander, 1928
Crossopalpus arenaria Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Crossopalpus curvipes Meigen, 1822
Crossopalpus depressifrons Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Crossopalpus medetera Melander, 1902
Drapetis arenaria Smith, 1969
Drapetis depressifrons Smith, 1969
Hybos reversus Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Lamachella maculata Smith, 1969
Lamachella marginalis Smith, 1969
Leptopeza ruficollis (Meigen, 1820)⇒ Leptopeza flavipes Meigen, 1820
Megagrapha platytarsis Chillcott, 1983
Ocydromia tenuis Smith, 1969
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Platypalpus barotsei Smith, 1969
Platypalpus dolichopeza Frey, 1943
Platypalpus inermifemur Smith, 1969
Platypalpus lateralis (Loew, 1864)⇒ Platypalpus stigmatellus Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus loewi Smith, 1969
Platypalpus manikoosi
Platypalpus stabilis Collin, 1961
Platypalpus tsitsikama Smith, 1969
Platypalpus tsitsikamai
Platypalpus univittatus Loew, 1858
Platypalpus vicina
Platypalpus vicinus Smith, 1969
Stenoproctus loewi Smith, 1969
Stenoproctus naivasha Smith, 1969
Stenoproctus venaticus Smith, 1969
Syndyas dorsalis Loew, 1861
Syneches capensis Smith, 1969
Syneches capensis mensa Smith, 1969
Syneches dichrous Bezzi, 1909
Tachydromia rhyacophila Chvala, 1995
Tachyempis vitripennis Bezzi, 1908

Subnodes of Hybotidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyHybotinae
Meigen, 1820
7
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcydromiinae
Schiner, 1862
6
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTachydromiinae
Meigen, 1822
7
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



Hybotidae (Meigen 1820)
Hybotidae (Meigen 1820)


Links, sources and further information
Hybotidae at artfakta.se
Hybotidae at dyntaxa.se
Hybotidae at gbif.org
Hybotidae at irmng.org
Hybotidae at itis.gov
Hybotidae at marinespecies.org