HYBOTIDAE
(a family of flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Drapetis
a genus of dance flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Hybos
a genus of dance flies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 12 images
Oedalea
a genus of dance flies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 3 images
Platypalpus
a genus of dance flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Stilpon
a genus of dance flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Tachydromia Sensu Auctt.
a genus of dance flies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 5 images 2 ident. refs
Tachypeza
a genus of dance flies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 25 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHYBOTIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilyEMPIDOIDEA (dance flies, dagger flies, long-legged flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Empidoidea (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Beuk, P. Key to genera and species of Hybotidae www.online-keys.net/infusions/keys/keys_view.php?key_no=18
Chvála, M. 1983 The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part 2: General Part; Families Hybotidae, Atelestidae and Microphoridae Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 12, 81pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
() Collin, J.E. 1961 Empididae British Flies, Vol VI, 782pp, Cambridge University Press
Hackston, M. 2009 Hybotidae, key to UK genera http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/

HYBOTIDAE (a family of flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HYBOTIDAE (a family of flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYBOTIDAE (a family of flies)
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