Drapetini Explained

Drapetini is a tribe of hybotid flies widespread in the world. There are 19 currently recognised genera. See the Wikispecies link below for details.

Genera

• Allodromia Smith, 1962^[1]
• Atodrapetis Plant, 1997^[2]
• Austrodrapetis Smith, 1964^[3]
• Austrodromia Collin, 1961
• Chaetodromia Teskey, 1983^[4]
• Chersodromia Haliday in Walker, 1851^[5]
• Crossopalpus Bigot, 1857^[6]
• Drapetis Meigen, 1822^[7]
• Dusmetina Gil Collado, 1930^[8]
• Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Isodrapetis Collin, 1961
• Megagrapha Melander, 1928^[12]
• Micrempis Melander, 1928^[12]
• Nanodromia Grootaert, 1994^[13]
• Ngaheremyia Plant & Didham, 2006^[14]
• Pontodromia Grootaert, 1994^[13]
• Sinodrapetis Yang, Gaimari & Grootaert, 2004^[15]
• Stilpon Loew, 1859^[16]

Notes and References

1. Smith . Kenneth G. V. . . Studies on the Brazilian Empididae (Diptera) . Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 1962 . 114 . 7 . 195–266. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1962.tb01079.x .
2. Plant . A.R. . Atodrapetis, a new genus of empidoid fly (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from New Zealand . Studia Dipterologica . 1998 . 4 . 435-440.
3. Smith . K.G.V. . A remarkable new genus and two new species of Empididae (Tachydeomiinae, Drapetini) from the Cook Islands . Pacific Insects . 1964 . 6 . 247-251.
4. Chillcott . J.G. . Teskey . H.J. . A revision of the New World genera allied to Megagrapha Melander (Diptera: Empididae) . The Canadian Entomologist . 1983 . 115 . 1291-1328.
5. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II . 1849 . British Museum (Natural History) . London . [iii]+231-484.
6. Bigot . J.M.F. . Essai d'une classification generale et synoptique de l'ordre des insectes diptères. 5e memoire. Tribu des Asilidi (mihi). . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 1857 . 5 . 3 . 517–564 . 17 October 2020.
7. Book: Meigen . J. W. . Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten . 1822 . Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann . Hamm . x, 416, pls. 22–32 . 14 April 2019.
8. Gil Collado . J. . Nuevo genero braquiptero de Dipteros Empidos . Eos . 1930 . 6 . 141-146 . 10 May 2023.
9. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Insectes diptères du nord de la France. Platypezines, dolichopodes, empides, hybotides . 1828 . Lille . 159 pp., 1 pl.
10. Shamshev. I.V.. Grootaert. P.. Revision of the genus Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Oriental Region, with a special attention to the fauna of Singapore. Zootaxa. 2007. 1488. 1–164 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1488.1.1. 18 July 2017. 1175-5334.
11. Grootaert. Patrick. Van De Velde. Isabella. Shamshev. Igor V.. Two new coastal species of Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Bali, Indonesia. European Journal of Taxonomy. 2015. 112. 1–10. 2118-9773. 18 July 2017. 10.5852/ejt.2015.112. free.
12. Book: Melander . Axel Leonard . Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. . 1928 . Genera insectorum . Bruxelles . 1–434.
13. Grootaert . P. . Two new genera of empidoid flies (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotidae, Trachydromiinae) from Melanesia . Studia Dipterologica . 1994 . 1 . 141-156.
14. Plant . A.R. . Didham . R.K. . A new genus of Drapetini (Diptera: Hybotidae: Tachydromiinae) from New Zealand . Entomologist's Monthly Magazine . 2006 . 142 . 41-47.
15. Yang . D. . Gaimari . S.D. . Grootaert . P. . A new genus and species of Tachydromiinae (Diptera: Empididae) from the Oriental realm . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 2004 . 130 . 487-492.
16. Loew . H. . Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Sechster Beitrag. Programm K. Realschule Meseritz 1859: 1-50. Scholtz, H. 1851. Beiträge zur Kunde der schlesischen Zweiflugler. (Fortsetzung) . Z. ent. Breslau. . 1859 . 5 . 19 . 41-6.