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Empidoidea

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taxon links [up-->]Atelestidae Not MonophyleticMonophyly UncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Brachycera Interpreting the tree
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Tree adapted from Sinclair and Cumming 2006; Moulton and Wiegmann 2007.
Containing group: Brachycera

References

Chvala, M. 1983. The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. General Part. The families Hybotidae, Atelestidae and Microphoridae. Fauna Ent. Scand. 12:1-279.

Moulton, J. K. and B. M. Wiegmann. 2007. The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43:701-713.

Sinclair, B. J. and J. M. Cumming. 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa 1180:1-172.

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Scientific Name Dolichopodidae
Location Bas-Saint-Laurent -- Province de Québec -- Canada
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Size About 5 mm long
Source Dolichopodidé -- Long-legged Fly
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Gilles Gonthier
Scientific Name Empis livida
Location Willoughby, Warwickshire, UK
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Dance Fly - Empis livida
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Walwyn
Scientific Name Platypalpus sp.
Location Suffolk County, New York, USA
Comments Hybotidae (Hybotid Dance Flies)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Source Photo#276965
Source Collection BugGuide.Net
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen
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