Brachystomatinae Explained

Brachystomatinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Until 2006, Brachystomatinae was classified as a subfamily within Empididae, at which point a new phylogeny was proposed in which the lineage was raised to family rank,^[2] though other contemporaneous studies did not support this conclusion,^{[3] [4]} and in 2018 a new analysis indicated that the treatment of Brachystomatinae as a family rendered Empididae paraphyletic, and restored it to the rank of subfamily.

Genera

• Anomalempis Melander, 1928^[5]
• Apalocnemis Philippi, 1865
• Boreodromia Coquillett, 1903^[6]
• Brachystoma Meigen, 1822
• Ceratempis Melander, 1927^[6]
• Ceratomerus Philippi, 1865
• Ephydrempis Saigusa, 1986^[7]
• Gloma Meigen, 1822^[8]
• Glyphidopeza Sinclair, 1997^[9]
• Heleodromia Haliday, 1833
• Hyperperacera Collin, 1933^[10]
• Niphogenia Melander, 1928^[5]
• Pseudheleodromia Wagner, 2001^[11]
• Rubistella Garrett-Jones, 1940^[12]
• Sabroskyella Wilder, 1982^[13]
• Sematopoda Collin, 1928^{[14] [6]}
• Sinotrichopeza Yang, Zhang & Zhang, 2007
• Trichopeza Rondani, 1856
• Xanthodromia Saigusa, 1986^[7]
• Zealandicesa Koçak & Kemal, 2010

Further reading

• The families and genera of North American Diptera. 1934. Charles . H. Curran. 10.5962/bhl.title.6825. free.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera. 1987. McAlpine . J.F.. Petersen . B.V.. Shewell . G.E.. Teskey . H.J.. Vockeroth . J.R.. Wood . D.M.. 4. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0660121253.

Notes and References

1. (2018): Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera). Systematic Entomology 43(4): 619–636.
2. Sinclair. Bradley J.. Cumming, J.M. . 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa. 1180. 1–172. Magnolia Press. New Zealand. 1175-5334. 2009-06-04. 10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1.
3. Book: Yang . D. . Zhang . K. . Yao . G. . Zhang . J. . World catalog of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera) . 2007 . Agricultural University Press . China . vi + 601.
4. (2007): The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 43(3): 701-713.
5. Book: Melander . A. L. . Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. . Genera insectorum.185 . Bruxelles . 1–434.
6. Sinclair. Bradley J.. 2008. Review of three little-known monotypic empidoid genera (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), assigned to Trichopezinae. Zootaxa. 1754. 52–62. Magnolia Press. New Zealand. 1175-5334. 10.11646/zootaxa.1754.1.3.
7. Saigusa . T. . . New genera of Empididae (Diptera) from eastern Asia . Sieboldia . 1986 . 5 . 97–118.
8. Book: Meigen . J. W. . Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten . v. 3 . 1822 . Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann . Hamm . x, 416, pls. 22–32 . 14 April 2019.
9. Sinclair . Bradley J. . Icasma Collin and an allied new genus Glyphidopeza, from New Zealand (Diptera: Empidoidea; Ceratomerinae) . Records of the Australian Museum . 1997 . 49 . 2 . 195–211. 10.3853/j.0067-1975.49.1997.1265 .
10. Collin . James Edward . Empididae . . 1933 . 4 . viii + 334.
11. Wagner . R. . A new genus of aquatic Empididae (Diptera) near to Heleodromia from Switzerland . Studia dipterologica . 2001 . 8 . 2 . 345–348.
12. Garrett Jones . C. . Empididae: A. - Hybotinae, Ocydromiinae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae. . Ruwenzori Exped. 1934-5 . 1940 . 2 . 257–323.
13. Wilder . D. D. . Two new Nearctic clinocerine genera (Diptera: Empididae) . Mem. Entomol. Soc. Wash. . 1984 . 10 . 166–178.
14. Book: Collin . James Edward . New Zealand Empididae based on material in the British Museum (Natural History) . 1928 . British Museum (Natural History) . London . viii + 110.