Homalocnemis
| Homalocnemis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Asilomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Empidoidea |
| Family: | Homalocnemidae Collin, 1928 |
| Genus: | Homalocnemis Philippi, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Homalocnemis nigripennis Philippi, 1865
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Homalocnemis is a genus of flies which is placed in a family of its own, the Homalocnemidae. There are about seven species in the genus found in the Afrotropical, Neotropical, and Australasian regions, suggestive of a Gondwanan origin. The genus was formerly considered a primitive empidoid and placed variously in the Hybotidae or in the empidid subfamily Brachystomatinae. They are recognized by their wing venation which includes a long anal cell and a long basal segment of the antennal style.
Species in the genus include:[1]
- New Zealand
- H. adelensis (Miller, 1913)
- H. inexpleta Collin, 1928
- H. perspicua (Hutton, 1901)
- H. maculipennis Malloch, 1932
- Namibia
- H. namibiensis Chvála, 1991[2]
- Chile
- H. praesumpta Collin, 1928
- H. nigripennis Philippi, 1865
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Kenneth G.V. (2008). "Subfamily Empidoidea". In Evenhuis, Neal (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of Australasia and Oceania. pp. 382–392.
- ^ Chvála, Milan (1991). "First record of the relict Gondwanan genus Homalocnemis Philippi (Diptera: Empididae) from Namibia and the Afrotropical Region". Annals of the Natal Museum. 32 (1): 13–18.