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Hybotidae (dance fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Hybotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Hybotidae Meigen
1986Hybotidae Kovalev p. 153
2006Hybotidae Sinclair and Cumming p. 77
2007Hybotidae Peñalver and Arillo
2018Hybotidae Shin et al.
2018Hybotidae Wahlberg and Johanson
2020Hybotidae Solórzano-Kraemer et al.
2023Hybotidae Badano et al.
2023Hybotidae Solórzano-Kraemer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyHybotidaeMeigen 1820
familyHybotidaeMeigen 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Hybotidae Meigen 1820 [dance fly]
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Subfm. Bicellariinae Sinclair and Cumming 2006
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G. Hoplocyrtoma Melander 1928
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†Hoplocyrtoma eocenica Sinclair and Greenwalt 2022
G. †Grimaldipeza Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023
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†Grimaldipeza coelica Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023
Subfm. Hybotinae Meigen 1820
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G. †Eternia Martins-Neto et al. 1992
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†Eternia papaveroi Martins-Neto et al. 1992
G. †Euthyneuriella Meunier 1908
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G. Hybos Meigen 1803
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†Hybos exilis Meunier 1908
†Hybos tenuis Meunier 1908
G. †Palaeoleptopeza Meunier 1908
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†Palaeoleptopeza gracilis Meunier 1908
G. †Pseudoacarterus Waters 1989
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G. †Syneproctus Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2020
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†Syneproctus caridadi Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2020
G. †Tremembella Martins-Neto et al. 1992
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†Tremembella gracilis Martins-Neto et al. 1992
Invalid names: Hybotini Meigen 1820 [invalid subgroup]
Subfm. Ocydromiinae Schiner 1862
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G. Leptopeza Macquart 1827
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†Leptopeza clavipes Loew 1850
†Leptopeza concinna Meunier 1908
Invalid names: Leptopeza spinigera Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum]
Subfm. Oedaleinae Chvala 1983
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G. Oedalea Meigen 1820
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†Oedalea putida Meunier 1908
†Oedalea robusta Meunier 1908
G. †Palaeoedalea Meunier 1902
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†Palaeoedalea samlandica Meunier 1902
G. †Pouillonhybos Ngô-Muller et al. 2020
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†Pouillonhybos venator Ngô-Muller et al. 2020
Subfm. Tachydromiinae Meigen 1822
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G. †Archaeodrapetiops Martins-Neto et al. 1992
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†Archaeodrapetiops elongata Martins-Neto et al. 1992
†Archaeodrapetiops mezzalirai Martins-Neto et al. 1992
†Archaeodrapetiops nefera Martins-Neto et al. 1992
†Archaeodrapetiops transversa Martins-Neto et al. 1992
G. †Archiplatypalpus Kovalev 1974
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G. †Cretoplatypalpus Kovalev 1978
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†Cretoplatypalpus americanus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
†Cretoplatypalpus archaeus Kovalev 1978
G. †Drapetiella Meunier 1908
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†Drapetiella definitum Evenhuis 1994
Tr. Drapetini Collin 1961
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G. Chaetodromia Chillcott 1983
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†Chaetodromia pulchra Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005
G. Chersodromia Walker 1849
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†Chersodromia dominicana Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005
G. Drapetis Meigen 1822
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†Drapetis adelomedos Greenwalt 2019
†Drapetis brevis Meunier 1908
†Drapetis decolorata Meunier 1908
†Drapetis decoratum Meunier 1908
†Drapetis dissentis Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005
†Drapetis mortuum Meunier 1908
†Drapetis vitiosum Meunier 1908
G. Elaphropeza Macquart 1827
G. †Eodromyia Myskowiak et al. 2018
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†Eodromyia pumilio Myskowiak et al. 2018
G. Micrempis Melander 1928
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†Micrempis brevis Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005
†Micrempis eocenica Meunier 1908
†Micrempis suspiciosa Meunier 1908
G. Stilpon Loew 1859
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†Stilpon mexicanus Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005
G. †Electrocyrtoma Cockerell 1917
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†Electrocyrtoma burmanica Cockerell 1917
G. †Mesoplatypalpus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Mesoplatypalpus carpenteri Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Tr. Symballophthalmini Sinclair and Cumming 2006
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G. Symballophthalmus Becker 1889
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Tr. Tachydromiini Meigen 1822
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G. Dysaletria Loew 1860
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†Dysaletria diabolica Meunier 1908
G. Platypalpus Macquart 1827
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†Platypalpus concitatus Meunier 1908
†Platypalpus eversoris Meunier 1908
†Platypalpus interfectoris Meunier 1908
†Platypalpus predatoris Meunier 1908
G. Tachydromia Meigen 1803
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Subg. †Tachydromia (Tachypona) Keilbach 1982
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†Tachydromia egelata Meunier 1908
†Tachydromia theobaldi Timon-David 1944
†Tachydromia voracis Meunier 1908
Invalid names: Phoneutisca Loew 1863 [synonym]
G. Tachypeza Meigen 1830
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†Tachypeza primitiva Melander 1949
Invalid names: Corynetinae Kertesz 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 125.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia (Govi-Altai) Hybotidae indet. (122332)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Spain Grimaldipeza sp. 1, Grimaldipeza coelica (109438)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain (Castellón) Grimaldipeza sp. 2 (228868)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Electrocyrtoma burmanica (123020) Pouillonhybos venator (212258)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation Cretoplatypalpus archaeus (35051)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Botswana Pseudoacarterus orapaensis (123430)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Archiplatypalpus cretaceus (122590)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) Cretoplatypalpus americanus, Mesoplatypalpus carpenteri (122354)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Eocorynetites guchengziensis (124820) Lochmocola osterosa, Symballophthalmus clavilabrosus (124530)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eodromyia pumilio (123850)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Drapetis adelomedos (207021) Hoplocyrtoma eocenica (203699)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Leptopeza clavipes, Tachydromia postposita (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Drapetis brevis, Drapetis decolorata, Drapetis decoratum, Drapetis vitiosum, Phoneutisca eocenica, Phoneutisca suspiciosa, Tachydromia egelata, Tachydromia voracis, Elaphropeza diabolica, Platypalpus concitatus, Platypalpus predatoris, Platypalpus interfectoris, Platypalpus eversoris, Hybos tenuis, Hybos exilis, Oedalea robusta, Leptopeza concinna, Palaeoleptopeza gracilis, Euthyneuriella longirostris, Microphorus putidus, Drapetiella definitum, Palaeoedalea samlandica (123927) Drapetis mortuum, Tachydromia voracis, Platypalpus concitatus, Platypalpus predatoris, Platypalpus interfectoris, Leptopeza concinna, Euthyneuriella longirostris (124073)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Tachypeza primitiva (124624)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Brazil Archaeodrapetiops nefera, Archaeodrapetiops mezzalirai, Archaeodrapetiops transversa, Archaeodrapetiops elongata, Tremembella gracilis, Eternia papaveroi (153054)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Tachydromia theobaldi (155869)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Chaetodromia pulchra (140369) Drapetis dissentis (152002)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Micrempis brevis, Stilpon mexicanus (21977)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Chersodromia dominicana (152001) Syneproctus caridadi (124429 152045)