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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Dance Flies (Empididae) » Clinocerinae

Subfamily Clinocerinae

Classification · Numbers · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Unknown - Roederiodes distinctus Mystery Fly - Trichoclinocera Diptera larvae (Empididae?) - taken in a surber sampler in a fast flowing riffle in Glacier Bay Alaska Fly - Clinocera Clinocerinae? - Trichoclinocera dance fly aspirated from river rock - female dance fly aspirated from river rock - female fly gleaned from side of house
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Empididae (Dance Flies)
Subfamily Clinocerinae
Numbers
8 genera in our area, 16 genera worldwide.(1)
Habitat
Typically found very close to water.
Remarks
Genera in our area:
Asymphyloptera Collin (Southwest)
Proclinopyga Melander (Mostly Western, but at least two species in the East)
Trichoclinocera Collin (widespread)
Clinocera Meigen (?widespread)
Oreothalia Melander (widespread)
Roederiodes Coquillett (widespread)
Dolichocephala Macquart (widespread)
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt (Northern)
Works Cited
1.Generic revision of the Clinocerinae (Empididae), and description and phylogenetic relationships of the Trichopezinae...
Brad Sinclair. 1995. The Canadian Entomologist.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 24 November, 2008 - 9:50am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum, zdanko
Last updated 3 March, 2024 - 11:27am

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