Tachydromiinae Explained

Tachydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies widespread in the world.^{[1] [2]}

Tribes and Genera

• Tribe Symballophthalmini Bradley, Sinclair & Cumming, 2006^[3]
  • Symballophthalmus Becker, 1889^[4]
• Tribe Drapetini Collin, 1961^[5]
  • Allodromia Smith, 1962^[6]
  • Atodrapetis Plant, 1997^[7]
  • Austrodrapetis Smith, 1964^[8]
  • Austrodromia Collin, 1961^[5]
  • Chaetodromia Teskey, 1983^[9]
  • Chersodromia Haliday in Walker, 1851^[10]
  • Crossopalpus Bigot, 1857^[11]
  • Drapetis Meigen, 1822^[12]
  • Dusmetina Gil Collado, 1930^[13]
  • Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827^{[14] [15] [16]}
  • Isodrapetis Collin, 1961^[5]
  • Megagrapha Melander, 1928^[17]
  • Micrempis Melander, 1928^[17]
  • Nanodromia Grootaert, 1994^[18]
  • Ngaheremyia Plant & Didham, 2006^[19]
  • Pontodromia Grootaert, 1994^[18]
  • Sinodrapetis Yang, Gaimari & Grootaert, 2004^[20]
  • Stilpon Loew, 1859^[21]
• Tribe Tachydromiini
  • Dysaletria Loew, 1864^[22]
  • Platypalpus Macquart, 1828^[14]
  • Tachydromia Meigen, 1803^[23]
  • Tachyempis Melander, 1928^[23]
  • Tachypeza Meigen, 1830^[24]

Extinct genera

• †Archaeodrapetiops Martins-Neto et al., 1992 – Tremembé Formation, Brazil, Chattian
• †Archiplatypalpus Kovalev, 1974 – Taimyr Amber, Santonian
• †Cretoplatypalpus Kovalev, 1978 – Taimyr Amber, Cenomanian Canadian amber, Campanian
• †Eodromyia Myskowiak et al., 2018 – Oise amber, France, Ypresian
• †Drapetiella Meunier, 1908 – Baltic amber, Eocene
• †Electrocyrtoma Cockerell, 1917 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Lochmocola Hong, 1981 – Fushun amber, China, Ypresian
• †Mesoplatypalpus Grimaldi and Cumming, 1999 – Canadian amber, Campanian

Notes and References

1. A. L. Melander . 1910 . The genus Tachydromia . . 17 . 2 . 41–63 . 10.1155/1910/29732 . free .
2. Shamshev, I. . Grootaert, P. . 2010 . The genus Tachydromia Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Afrotropics . . 51 . 1 . 207–218 . 10.5733/afin.051.0106 . free . 2010AfrIn..51..207S .
3. Sinclair . Bradley J. . Cumming . Jeffrey M. . Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea . Zootaxa . 2006 . 1180 . 1–172 . 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1180.1.1 . 24 April 2023 .
4. Becker . T. . Berichtigung . Wiener Entomologische Zeitung . 1889 . 8 . 285 . 10.5962/bhl.part.20055 . 7 May 2023.
5. Collin . J.E. . Empididae . Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . 1933 . 4 . viii + 334 p.
6. 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 .
7. Plant . A.R. . Atodrapetis, a new genus of empidoid fly (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from New Zealand . Studia Dipterologica . 1998 . 4 . 435–440.
8. 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.
9. Chillcott . J.G. . Teskey . H.J. . A revision of the New World genera allied to Megagrapha Melander (Diptera: Empididae) . The Canadian Entomologist . 1983 . 115 . 10 . 1291–1328. 10.4039/Ent1151291-10 .
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Gil Collado . J. . Nuevo genero braquiptero de Dipteros Empidos . Eos . 1930 . 6 . 141–146 . 10 May 2023.
14. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Insectes diptères du nord de la France. Platypezines, dolichopodes, empides, hybotides . 1828 . Lille . 159 pp., 1 pl.
15. 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.
16. 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 . 18 July 2017. 10.5852/ejt.2015.112. free.
17. Book: Melander . Axel Leonard . Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. . 1928 . Genera insectorum . Bruxelles . 1–434.
18. Grootaert . P. . Two new genera of empidoid flies (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotidae, Trachydromiinae) from Melanesia . Studia Dipterologica . 1994 . 1 . 141–156.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. Loew . H. . Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Sechster Beitrag . Programm der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz . 1859 . 1859 . 1–50.
22. Loew. H.. Ueber die schlesischen Arten der Gattungen Tachypeza Meig. . Zeitschrift für Entomologie . Breslau . 1864 . 14 . 1860 . 1–60 .
23. Meigen. J. W.. Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten . Magazin für Insektenkunde . 1803. 2. 259–281 .
24. Book: Meigen JW . Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. (Volume 6) . Schulz-Wundermann . 1830 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20120209085519/https://dlib.stanford.edu:6521/text1/dd-ill/insekten6.pdf . 2012-02-09 .