Tribe Azeliini

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

Drymeia flavinervis? - Drymeia flavinervis - female

dark fly with orange wings - Drymeia flavinervis

muscoid fly emerging from swallow nest - Hydrotaea

Hydrotaea scambus from the Albertan Rockies - Hydrotaea scambus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Muscidae

Subfamily Azeliinae

Tribe Azeliini

Numbers

almost 400 spp. in a dozen genera total(1)

Identification

Females typically have crossed interfrontal setae and the anterior orbital bristle directed forward.

Remarks

North American genera:

Azelia – Hind coxa with bristles, anal vein short, hind tibia without posterodorsal bristles

Drymeia – Black, bristly and hairy species with black halteres; all but one species boreal-alpine

Hydrotaea (including Ophyra) – typically shiny black with a contrasting white lunule

Potamia (formerly Dendrophaonia) – strong upcurved genal bristle (also in some exotic Azeliini)

Thricops – Hind coxa with bristles, anal vein long, hind tibia with posterodorsal bristles

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Life

Contributed by v belov on 15 December, 2012 - 2:37pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 26 May, 2024 - 2:10pm

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