Empidinae
| Empidinae | |
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| Male Empis livida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Empidinae |
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Several, see text | |
Empidinae, also called dance flies,[1] are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized. Most species are flower visitors and they can be effective pollinators.[2]
Description
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Most dance fly species perform lek mating, where males give courtship gifts to females.[1] About a third of such species also have sex-specific markings, which include pinnate leg scales, darkened or enlarged wings, and inflatable abdominal air sacs.[1]
Genera
[edit]- Afroempis Smith, 1969[3]
- Allochrotus Collin, 1933[4]
- Amictoides Bezzi, 1909[5]
- Aplomera Macquart, 1838
- Atrichopleura Bezzi, 1909[5]
- Bandella Bickel, 2002[6]
- Calohilara Frey, 1952[7]
- Clinorhampha Collin, 1933[4]
- Cunomyia Bickel, 1998[8]
- Deuteragonista Philippi, 1865[9]
- Empidadelpha Collin, 1928[10]
- Empis Linnaeus, 1758[11]
- Gynatoma Collin, 1928[10]
- Hilara Meigen, 1822[11]
- Hilarempis Bezzi, 1905[12]
- Hilarigona Collin, 1933[4]
- Hybomyia Plant, 1995[13]
- Hystrichonotus Collin, 1933[4]
- Lamprempis Wheeler & Melander, 1901[14]
- Macrostomus Wiedemann, 1817
- Opeatocerata Melander, 1928[15]
- Pasitrichotus Collin, 1933[4]
- Porphyrochroa Melander, 1928[15]
- Rhamphella Malloch, 1930[16]
- Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822[11]
- Sphicosa Philippi, 1865[9]
- Thinempis Bickel, 1996[17]
- Trichohilara Collin, 1933[4]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Murray, Rosalind L.; Herridge, Elizabeth J.; Ness, Rob W.; Bussière, Luc F. (2017-06-13). "Are sex ratio distorting endosymbionts responsible for mating system variation among dance flies (Diptera: Empidinae)?". PLOS ONE. 12 (6): e0178364. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1278364M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178364. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5469461. PMID 28609446.
- ^ Lefebvre V, Daugeron C, Villemant C, Fontaine C (July 2019). "Empidine dance flies pollinate the woodland geranium as effectively as bees". Biology Letters. 15 (7): 20190230. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2019.0230. PMC 6684995. PMID 31362609.
- ^ Smith, Kenneth G. V. (1969). "The Empididae of southern Africa (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 19: 1–342.
- ^ a b c d e f Collin, James Edward (1933). "Empididae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 4: viii 334.
- ^ a b Bezzi, M. (1909). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der sudamerikanischen Dipterenfauna Fam. Empididae". Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum. 91: 297–406.
- ^ Bickel, Daniel J. (2002). "Bandella, a new hilarine fly genus from Australia (Diptera: Empididae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (3): 313–324. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1369. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Frey, R. (1952). "Studien über ostasiatische Hilara-Arten (Diptera, Empididae)". Notulae Ent. 32: 119–143.
- ^ Bickel, D. J. (1998). "Cunomyia, a distinctive new hilarine fly genus from the Tasmanian World Heritage Area (Diptera: Empididae)" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 132: 59–63. doi:10.26749/rstpp.132.59. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ a b Philippi, Rodolfo Amando (1865). "Aufzahlung der chilenischen Dipteren". Abhandlungen der Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 595–782. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ a b Collin, James Edward (1928). New Zealand Empididae based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. viii 110.
- ^ a b c Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- ^ Bezzi, Mario (1905). "Empididae neotropicae Musei nationalis Hungarici" (PDF). Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici. 3 (2): 424–460. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ Plant, Adrian R. (1995). "A new genus of Empidinae (Diptera: Empididae) from New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 18 (1): 25–28. Bibcode:1995NZEnt..18...25P. doi:10.1080/00779962.1995.9721998.
- ^ Wheeler, William Morton; Melander, Axel Leonard. "Empidae". Biol.Centr.-Am., Ins.: Dipt. 1(Suppl.): 366–376.
- ^ a b Melander, Axel Leonard (1928). Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles. 185: Genera insectorum. pp. 1–434.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Malloch, John Russell (1930). "Notes on Australian Diptera.XXV". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 55: 429–450. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Bickel, Daniel J. (1996). "Thinempis, a new genus from Australia and New Zealand (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the tribal classification of the Empidinae". Systematic Entomology. 21 (2): 115–128. Bibcode:1996SysEn..21..115B. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.1996.d01-2.x. S2CID 82738771.
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