Tachydromia Meigen, 1803

Shamshev, Igor & Grootaert, Patrick, 2010, The genus Tachydromia Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Afrotropics, African Invertebrates 51 (1), pp. 207-207 : 208

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.051.0106

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D887F6-AC27-FFE3-FE06-FDBB46389A69

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scientific name

Tachydromia Meigen, 1803
status

 

Genus Tachydromia Meigen, 1803 View in CoL View at ENA

The species of the genus Tachydromia (= Sicus Latreille, 1796 ; Sicodus Rafinesque, 1815 ; Coryneta Meigen, 1800 ; Danistes Gistl, 1848 ; Phoneutisca Loew, 1863 ; Tachista Loew, 1864 ) can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: eyes bare, dichoptic in both sexes, palpus usually narrow; thorax slender, largely shining, precoxal bridge present, postpronotal lobe large, thoracic setation usually greatly reduced; legs slender but fore femur often thickened, mid femur and tibia usually modified in male; wing with distinct anal lobe, usually brown banded, clouded or spotted, cell cup absent.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Hybotidae

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