Diagnosis. Very small to small (1.0-6.0 mm, rarely larger) flies. Head with relatively large eyes, median margin of eyes concave at level of antennae; antennae short or with elongate third segment; mouth parts short to elongate, when elongate projecting forwards to downwards. Thorax arched. Wings with radial sector originating distal of humeral cross vein, R4+5 not forked; basal cells relatively large; discal cell either present or absent. Fore and mid legs often long and slender but either or both raptorial in most Tachydromiinae; hind femora often swollen; tibiae often with spur and with rows of short spins when raptorial. Abdomen short and tapering to longer and blunt-tipped; male genitalia asymmetrical and rotated.
Biology. Most species are found to be predators, either hunting in flight (most Ocydromiinae, some Tachydromiinae) or on the surface (other Tachydromiinae); some species are flower visitors (Euthyneura). The mode of life is often reflected in where the adults are collected. Swarming has been observed in the Ocydromiinae. Larval biology is generally poorly known. Larvae are presumed to be predacious and to live in the soil or decaying vegetable matter and dung. Ocydromia glabricula is viviparous.
References to the local fauna. Van Aartsen et al. (1991), Beuk (1992, 1996c, 2016a), Beuk & Zeegers (1992), Chvála (1983, 1989c), Chvála & Kovalev (1989), Doorman (1962), Van der Goot (1990, 1991a), Grootaert (1983, 1989), Grootaert & Meuffels (1984), De Meijere (1905, 1907, 1920a, 1935, 1939b, 1946a), Meuffels (1970), Theowald (1962), Van der Wulp (1862), Van der Wulp & De Meijere (1898).
How to quote this page: Beuk, P.L.Th., & V.S. van der Goot, 2022. Family Hybotidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Hybotidae (date accessed: 05/02/2025).
NL: 132
B: 152
D: 124
UK: 180
World: 1700
HYBOTIDAE
HYBOTINAE
Hybos Meigen, 1803
culiciformis (Fabricius, 1775)
N
= vitripennis Meigen, 1820
femoratus (Müller, 1776)
N
= fumipennis Meigen, 1820
grossipes (Linnaeus, 1767)
N
= funebris Meigen, 1804
Syndyas Loew, 1857
nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1842)
N
Syneches Walker, 1852
muscarius (Fabricius, 1794)
N
OCYDROMIINAE
Ocydromiini
Leptopeza Macquart, 1827
= Lemtopeza Macquart, 1827: incorrect original spelling
borealis Zetterstedt, 1842
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
flavipes (Meigen, 1820)
N
= ruficollis (Meigen, 1820)
Ocydromia Meigen, 1820
glabricula (Fallén, 1816)
N
= scutellata Meigen, 1820
Oropezella Collin, 1926
sphenoptera (Loew, 1873)
N
Oedaleini
Euthyneura Macquart, 1836
gyllenhali (Zetterstedt, 1838)
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
halidayi Collin, 1926
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
inermis (Becker, 1910)
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
myrtilli Macquart, 1836
N
= rostrata (Zetterstedt, 1842)
= myricae Haliday in Walker, 1851: misident. sensu Lundbeck, 1910
Oedalea Meigen, 1820
apicalis Loew, 1859
N; added by Beuk (2016a: 88)
flavipes Zetterstedt, 1842
N
holmgreni Zetterstedt, 1852
N; added by De Meijere (1946a: 12)
Note 1
hybotina (Fallén, 1816)
N
stigmatella Zetterstedt, 1842
N; added by Beuk & Zeegers (1992: xiv) and Beuk (1992: 107)
tibialis Macquart, 1827
N; added by Meuffels (1970: 123)
zetterstedti Collin, 1926
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
Trichinini
Bicellaria Macquart, 1823
= Cyrtoma Meigen, 1824
intermedia Lundbeck, 1910
N
melaena (Haliday, 1833)
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
nigra (Meigen, 1824)
N
pilosa Lundbeck, 1910
N
simplicipes (Zetterstedt, 1842)
N
= melaena (Haliday, 1833): misident. sensu Lundbeck, 1910
spuria (Fallén, 1816)
spuria (Fallén, 1816)
= atra (Meigen, 1824)
sulcata (Zetterstedt, 1842)
N
Note 2
vana Collin, 1926
added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 178)
Trichina Meigen, 1830
bilobata Collin, 1926
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 175)
clavipes Meigen, 1830
N
elongata Walker, 1833
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 175)
opaca Loew, 1864
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
pallipes (Zetterstedt, 1838)
N
Trichinomyia Tuomikoski, 1959
flavipes (Meigen, 1830)
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
TACHYDROMIINAE
Drapetini
Chersodromia Walker, 1849
arenaria (Haliday, 1833)
N
cursitans (Zetterstedt, 1819)
N
hirta (Walker, 1851)
N
incana Walker, 1851
N
Crossopalpus Bigot, 1857
curvipes (Meigen, 1822)
N
= setiger (Loew, 1859): misident. sensu De Meijere, 1905
= moriellus (Zetterstedt, [1838])
flexuosus (Loew, 1840)
N
= ambiguus (Macquart, 1827): possible senior synonym
humilis (Frey, 1913)
N; added by Beuk (1996c: 55, 197)
minimus (Meigen, 1838)
N; added by Van Zuijlen & Vander Leij (2020a: 363) and Mol et al. (2020: 132)
Note 3
nigritellus (Zetterstedt, 1842)
N
= aterrimus (Haliday in Curtis, 1832): misident. sensu Lundbeck, 1910
= nervosus (Loew, 1859)
Drapetis Meigen, 1822
assimilis (Fallén, 1815)
N
bruscellensis Grootaert, 2016
added by Grootaert et al. (2020: 4)
convergens Collin, 1926
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
exilis Meigen, 1822
N
= pusilla Loew, 1859: misident. sensu Lundbeck, 1910
flavipes Macquart, 1834
N
incompleta Collin, 1926
N
= exilis Meigen, 1822: misident. sensu Lundbeck, 1910
infitialis Collin, 1961
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
monsmargila Grootaert, Beuk & Shamshev, 2020
T; added by Grootaert et al. (2020: 4)
parilis Collin, 1926
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
articulatoides (Frey, 1918)
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 191) and Chvála (1989c: 339)
articulatus Macquart, 1827
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 36)
australominutus Grootaert, 1989
N; added by Grootaert (1989: 247)
calceatus (Meigen, 1822)
N
candicans (Fallén, 1815)
N
ciliaris (Fallén, 1816)
N
clarandrus (Collin, 1926)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 36)
collini (Chvála, 1966)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 36)
cothurnatus Macquart, 1827
N
cursitans (Fabricius, 1775)
N
= bicolor (Meigen, 1804)
= fasciatus (Meigen, 1822): misident. sensu Van der Wulp, 1862
excavatus Yang & Yao, 2007
N
= excisus (Becker, 1907): preocc.
exilis (Meigen, 1822)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 36)
flavicornis (Meigen, 1822)
= albicornis (Zetterstedt, 1842): misident. sensu De Meijere, 1920
= pallidicornis (Collin, 1926): erroneous synonym by De Meijere (1939b)
fuscicornis (Zetterstedt, 1842)
infectus (Collin, 1926)
N; added by Van Aartsen (2017b: 82)
interstinctus (Collin, 1926)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 36)
kirtlingensis Grootaert, 1986
N; added by Van Aartsen (2017b: 82)
laticinctus Walker, 1851
N
= fasciatus (Meigen, 1822): misident.
erroneous name used by De Meijere (1939b: 152)
leucocephalus (von Roser, 1840)
N
longicornis (Meigen, 1822)
N
longiseta (Zetterstedt, 1842)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 36)
luteoloides Grootaert, 1983
N; added by Grootaert (1983: 127 )
luteolus (Collin, 1926)
luteus (Meigen, 1804)
N
maculipes (Meigen, 1822)
N
major (Zetterstedt, 1842)
N
melancholicus (Collin, 1961)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 37)
mikii (Becker, 1890)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 37)
minutus (Meigen, 1804)
N
= femoralis (Zetterstedt, 1842): misident sensu Van der Wulp & De Meijere, 1898
nanus (Oldenberg, 1924)
N
= exiguus (Meigen, 1822)
= brevicornis (De Meijere, 1907)
T
niger (Meigen, 1804)
added as doormani by Theowald (1962: 192)
= doormani Theowald, 1962
T
nigrinus (Meigen, 1822)
N
nigritarsis (Fallén, 1816)
N
= comptus (Fallén, 1816)
notatus (Meigen, 1822)
N
= fulvipes (Meigen, 1822): misident. sensu Lundbeck, 1910
= fascipes (Meigen, 1822): misident. sensu De Meijere, 1939
pallidicornis (Collin, 1926)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 37)
pallidiventris (Meigen, 1822)
N
pallipes (Fallén, 1815)
N
pectoralis (Fallén, 1815)
N
politus (Collin, 1926)
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
praecinctus (Collin, 1926)
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 204)
pseudofulvipes (Frey, 1909)
N; added as coarctatus by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 37)
= coarctatus (Collin, 1926)
pseudorapidus Kovalev, 1971
N; added by Jacobusse et al. (2017: 257)
pygialis (Chvála, 1973)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 37)
rapidus (Meigen, 1822)
ruficornis (von Roser, 1840)
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 205)
Note 5
stabilis (Collin, 1961)
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
strigifrons (Zetterstedt, 1849)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 37)
unguiculatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
verralli (Collin, 1926)
N; added by Grootaert & Meuffels (1984: 37)
vividus (Meigen, 1838)
N; added by Colijn & Van Loon (2016: 112)
Symballophthalmus Becker, 1889
dissimilis (Fallén, 1815)
fuscitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1859)
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 187)
pictipes (Becker, 1889)
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 188)
Tachydromia Meigen, 1803
aemula (Loew, 1864)
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 213)
annulimana Meigen, 1822
N
arrogans (Linnaeus, 1761)
N
= cimicoides (Fabricius, 1781)
connexa Meigen, 1822
costalis (von Roser, 1840)
= calcanea (Meigen, 1838): misident sensu Van der Wulp & De Meijere, 1898
= tuberculata (Loew, 1864): misident. sensu De Meijere, 1907
halterata (Collin, 1926)
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 214)
morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)
N; added by Van Aartsen et al. (1991: ix)
sabulosa Meigen, 1830
N
smithi Chvála, 1966
N; added by Chvála & Kovalev (1989: 216)
terricola Zetterstedt, 1819
N
umbrarum Haliday, 1833
N
= albitarsis (Zetterstedt, [1838])
woodi (Collin, 1926)
N; will be formally added by Beuk & Van Aartsen (in prep.)
Tachypeza Meigen, 1830
fuscipennis (Fallén, 1815)
N
= nervosa (Meigen, 1822)
nubila (Meigen, 1804)
N
Deleted species
Platypalpus Macquart, 1827
fasciatus (Meigen, 1822)
Note 6
flavipes (Fabricius, 1794)
Note 7
Notes
Note 1
Again added by Meuffels (1970: 123).
Note 2
This species was not included in De Meijere list (1939b: 151) but simplicipes was included twice. Possibly one of the entries was supposed to be sulcata.
Generic status of Elaphropeza was first indicated by Collin (1961) and later adopted by, e.g., Shamshev & Grootaert (2007).
Note 5
Addition wrongly accredited to Grootaert & Meuffels (1984) by Beuk & Van der Goot (2002g: 168).
Note 6
De Meijere (1939b: 152) erroneously recorded P. fasciatus. De Meijere (1935: 204) clearly states that his previous records of cursitans should be referred to laticinctus but later (1939b: 152) cursitans is only mentioned as misidentification or synonym of fasciatus. De Meijere (1935: 204; 1939b: 152) referred older records of P. fasciatus to P. cursitans.
Note 7
This species is a synonym of pallidiventris. Both P. flavipes and P. pallidiventris are listed by De Meijere (1939b: 152). The identity of both species should be checked.
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