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Checklist for Family Hybotidae Meigen, 1820 (Dance flies)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
581
1558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
215
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
32
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, Dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
9
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
9 Genera with 14 Species
Acarterus Loew, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Lamachella Melander, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Stenoproctus Loew, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Syneches Walker, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Tachyempis Melander, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acarterus darwini Sinclair, 1996
Acarterus londti Sinclair, 1996
Crossopalpus arenaria Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Crossopalpus curvipes Meigen, 1822
Crossopalpus medetera Melander, 1902
Drapetis arenaria Smith, 1969
Drapetis depressifrons Smith, 1969
Lamachella marginalis Smith, 1969
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Platypalpus lateralis (Loew, 1864)⇒ Platypalpus stigmatellus Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus stabilis Collin, 1961
Syneches capensis mensa Smith, 1969
Syneches dichrous Bezzi, 1909
Tachyempis vitripennis Bezzi, 1908

Subnodes of Hybotidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyHybotinae
Meigen, 1820
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcydromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTachydromiinae
Meigen, 1822
4
8
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