Tachyempis Explained

Tachyempis is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.^[1]

Species

• Tachyempis adunca Collin, 1933^[2]
• Tachyempis agens (Melander, 1910)
• Tachyempis apicis (Williston, 1896)^[3]
• Tachyempis calva (Melander, 1910)
• Tachyempis capnodes Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis cinerea Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis dichroa (Bezzi, 1908)^[4]
• Tachyempis epibosca Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis gagatina Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis halterata Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis longipennis Melander, 1958^[5]
• Tachyempis longispina Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis melanderi Smith, 1962^[6]
• Tachyempis nervosa Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis nigra Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis pictipes Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis purpurpalpis Smith, 1962^[6]
• Tachyempis ruficornis Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis schilidi Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis simplicior Wheeler & Melander, 1901^[7]
• Tachyempis tetrachaeta Melander, 1928
• Tachyempis universalis (Melander, 1910)
• Tachyempis vitripennis (Bezzi, 1908)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Sinclair . Bradley J. . Cumming . Jeffrey M. . Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea . Zootaxa . 2006 . 1180 . 1–172 . 24 April 2023 . Magnolia Press . Auckland, New Zealand . 10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1 .
2. Collin . J.E. . Empididae . Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . 1933 . 4 . viii + 334 p.
3. Williston . Samuel Wendell . On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies) . Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 1896 . 1896 . 253–446, pls. 8–14 . 3 June 2018.
4. Book: Bezzi . M. . 6. Simuliidae, Bombyliidae, Empididae, Syrphidae, Tachinidae, Muscidae, Phycodromidae, Borboridae, Trypetidae, Ephydridae, Drosophilidae, Geomyzidae, Agromyzidae, Conopidae, p. 179-201. In L. Schultze, Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903-1905 mit Unterstutzung der Kgl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Erster Band: Systematik und Tiergeographie. IV. Insecta (Erste Serie). D. Diptera (1). 13. . 1908 . Denkschr. Med. Naturw. Ges. . Jena.
5. Melander . A.L. . A new Tachyempis (Diptera: Empididae) . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1958 . 59[1957] . 296.
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. Wheeler . William Morton . Melander . Axel Leonard. Empidae . Biol.Centr.-Am., Ins.: Dipt. 1(Suppl.) . 366–376.