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Genus Hilara - Balloon Flies

Brown fly on white wall - Hilara - female

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 Empidinae

Genus Hilara (Balloon Flies)

Explanation of Names

Hilara Meigen, 1822

Numbers

50 described spp. in our area(1) + many undescribed

Identification

Males usually have a swollen first protarsomere

Range

worldwide[cite:745518]; common throughout N. America

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2 Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

Contributed by Matthias Buck on 29 March, 2009 - 4:06pm
Additional contributions by Keith Bayless, Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 22 November, 2020 - 6:21pm

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