Trichopezinae

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
Subfamilia: Trichopezinae
Genera (15): Adipsomyia – Afropeza – Apalocnemis – Boreodromia – Ceratempis – Ephydrempis – Gloma – Heleodromia – Heterophlebus – Niphogenia – Pseudheleodromia – Rubistella – Sabroskyella – Trichopeza – ?Sematopoda

Name

Trichopezinae Vaillant, 1981
Type genus: Trichopeza Rondani, 1856
Stem: Trichopez-

References
cited sources

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. & 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.

Additional references

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.
Sinclair, B.J. 2008: Review of three little-known monotypic empidoid genera (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), assigned to Trichopezinae. Zootaxa, 1754: 52–62. Abstract & excerpt
Sinclair, B.J. 2011. Revision of the New Zealand genus Adipsomyia (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae: Trichopezinae), with key to local empidoid family and selected genus groups. New Zealand Entomologist 34(1): 30–36. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2011.9722205 Paywall. [Erratum: 35(1): 75. (2012) DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.651778 Open access.] Reference page.
Yang, D.; Zhang, K.; Yao, G.; Zhang, J. 2007: World catalogue of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. [not seen]

Trichopezinae are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized, long-legged and large-eyed.

Previously, they were included in the Clinocerinae or the Hemerodromiinae. In some more recent treatments, the Brachystomatinae are considered a distinct family, and the Trichopezinae are placed therein.[1] However, it is more likely that the Brachystomatinae are part of the Empididae, and that the Trichopezinae represent a separate lineage in the same family. The monophyly of the Trichopezinae versus its closest relatives is not firmly established; it seems likely that some changes will be necessary to make this subfamily a natural group.[2]
Selected genera

Apalocnemis Philippi, 1865[1]
Boreodromia Coquillett, 1903[3]
Ceratempis Melander, 1927[3]
Ephydrempis Saigusa, 1986[4]
Gloma Meigen, 1822[5]
Heleodromia Haliday, 1833
Heterophlebus Philippi, 1865
Niphogenia Melander, 1928[6]
Pseudheleodromia Wagner, 2001[7]
Rubistella Garrett-Jones, 1940[8]
Sabroskyella Wilder, 1982[9]
Sematopoda Collin, 1928[10][3]
Trichopeza Róndani, 1856

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References

Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, J.M. (2006). "The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1180: 1–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
Moulton, J.K.; Wiegmann, B.M. (2007). "The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Print). Amsterdam: Elsevier BV. 43 (3): 701–713. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.029. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 17468014.
Sinclair, Bradley J. (2008). "Review of three little-known monotypic empidoid genera (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), assigned to Trichopezinae". Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1754: 52–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1754.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
Saigusa, T. . (1986). "New genera of Empididae (Diptera) from eastern Asia". Sieboldia. 5: 97–118.
Meigen, J. W. (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Vol. v. 3. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
Melander, A. L. Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles: Genera insectorum.185. pp. 1–434.
Wagner, R. (2001). "A new genus of aquatic Empididae (Diptera) near to Heleodromia from Switzerland". Studia dipterologica. 8 (2): 345–348.
Garrett Jones, C. (1940). "Empididae: A. - Hybotinae, Ocydromiinae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae". Ruwenzori Exped. 1934-5. 2: 257–323.
Wilder, D. D. (1984). "Two new Nearctic clinocerine genera (Diptera: Empididae)". Mem. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 10: 166–178.
Collin, James Edward (1928). New Zealand Empididae based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. viii + 110.