Hybotidae

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:family
gptkbp:adultDiet small insects
gptkbp:commonName dance flies
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Pierre-Justin-Marie_Macquart
gptkbp:describedYear 1827
gptkbp:diet predatory
gptkbp:distribution worldwide
gptkbp:ecologicalRole predator
prey for birds
gptkbp:fossil Cretaceous
gptkbp:habitat gptkb:wetlands
forests
meadows
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hybotidae
gptkbp:larvalHabitat soil
leaf litter
gptkbp:larvalHostPlant small invertebrates
gptkbp:morphologicalType long legs
slender body
short antennae
bristly body
gptkbp:notableGenus Drapetis
Platypalpus
Syneches
Tachydromia
Hybos
Oedalea
gptkbp:notableSpecies Hybos grossipes
Platypalpus pallidiventris
Tachydromia umbrarum
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies over 2000
gptkbp:order gptkb:Diptera
gptkbp:phylogeneticPosition Sinclair & Cumming 2006
Wiegmann et al. 2011
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Empididae
gptkb:Dolichopodidae
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Brachycera
gptkbp:superfamily gptkb:Empidoidea
gptkbp:typeSpecies Hybos
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Liadromia
gptkb:Empidoidea
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7