Brachystomatidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Brachystomatidae
Subfamiliae (3): Brachystomatinae - Ceratomerinae - Trichopezinae

Overview of genera (21)

Adipsomyia – Afropeza – Anomalempis – Apalocnemis – Boreodromia – Brachystoma – Ceratempis – Ceratomerus – Ephydrempis – Gloma – Glyphidopeza – Heleodromia – Heterophlebus – Niphogenia – Pseudheleodromia – Rubistella – Sabroskyella – Sematopoda – Trichopeza – Xanthodromia – Zealandicesa
Name

Brachystomatidae

Synonyms

Ceratomeridae [subfamily]
Trichopezidae [subfamily]

References

Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2010: Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names of the order Diptera. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers, 151: 5–7. ISSN: 1015-8235 Internet Archive
Moulton, J.K.; Wiegmann, B.M. 2007: The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 43(3): 701–713. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.029
Plant, A.R. 2009(2008): Two new species of Trichopeza Rondani (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae) from Northern Thailand with a revised key to world species. Studia dipterologica, 15(1/2): 175–184. ISSN: 0945-3954
Sinclair, B.J. 1995. Generic revision of the Clinocerinae (Empididae), and description and phylogenetic relationships of the Trichopezinae, new status (Diptera: Empidoidea). The Canadian Entomologist 127(5): 665–752. DOI: 10.4039/Ent127665-5 Paywall. Reference page. [not seen]
Sinclair, B.J. & Cumming, J.M. 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa 1180: 1–172. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1. PDF A, PDF B. Reference page.
Yang, D., Zhang, K.-Y., Yao, G. & Zhang, J.-H. 2007. World catalog of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 599 pp. ISBN 978-7-81117-423-6 [not seen]. Reference page.

Links

Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist [differs from overview of genera given above by inclusion of Hyperperacera, Icasma and Sinotrichopeza, and exclusion of Heterophlebus, Rubistella and Zealandicesa]