Hybotidae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 24

Hybotidae ( Fig. 59–60 )

The family comprises 1,700 species, grouped into seven subfamilies and 64 genera ( Sinclair & Cumming 2017; Wahlberg & Johanson 2018; Sinclair 2019). Ale-Rocha (2007) studied the Chilean Ocydromiinae , and Barros et al. (2023) revised the genus Scelolabes Philippi describing two new species. A total of 27 species distributed among 10 genera are known from Chile ( González et al. 2021b).

Figures

FIGURES 56–61. Empidoidea (continued) of Chile: (56) Sympycnus miricornis Parent (Dolichopodidae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (57) Chrysotimus sp. (Dolichopodidae, photo by Matías Gargiulo); (58) Neothalassius triton Brooks & Cumming (Dolichopodidae,photo by Daltonde SouzaAmorim); (59)Scelolabes bivittatus Philippi (Hybotidae,photoby Claudio Maureira); (60) Neotrichina sp. (Hybotidae, photo by Matías Gargiulo), and (61) Homalocnemis praesumpta Collin (Homalocnemidae, photo by José Albertino).