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Homalocnemis

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Homalocnemis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

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  1. ^ Smith, Kenneth G.V. (2008). "Subfamily Empidoidea". In Evenhuis, Neal (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of Australasia and Oceania. pp. 382–392.
  2. ^ 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.