Hilarimorphidae
Encyclopedia
Hilarimorphidae or Hilarimorphid flies are a Family
of Diptera
. They are placed in the Super family
Asiloidea
, though there is some considerable doubt, but the consensus is that they are most closely related to the Bombyliidae
. Most species are nearctic.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of Diptera
Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
. They are placed in the Super family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asiloidea
Asiloidea
Asiloidea is a very large cosmopolitan superfamily of Diptera. The former infraorder Asilomorpha is paraphyletic and thus not a natural group; as its type taxon the Asiloidea would still belong there in any case, but current knowledge of brachyceran relationships would make it monotypic: the...
, though there is some considerable doubt, but the consensus is that they are most closely related to the Bombyliidae
Bombyliidae
Bombyliidae is a large family of flies with hundreds of genera, although their life cycles are not well known. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, thus are pollinators of flowers. They superficially resemble bees, thus are commonly called bee flies, and this may offer the adults some...
. Most species are nearctic.
Species
- Genus Hilarimorpha
- H. abuta Webb, 1974
- H. bumulla Webb, 1974
- H. californica Webb, 1974
- H. clavata Webb, 1974
- H. cunata Webb, 1974
- H. desta Webb, 1974
- H. ditissa Webb, 1975
- H. kena Webb, 1974
- H. lamara Webb, 1974
- H. lantha Webb, 1974
- H. loisae Webb, 1974
- H. mandana Webb, 1974
- H. mentata Webb, 1974
- H. mikii Williston, 1888
- H. modesta Webb, 1974
- H. obscura Bigot, 1887
- H. parva Webb, 1974
- H. pitans Webb, 1974
- H. punata Webb, 1974
- H. pusilla Johnson, 1923
- H. reparta Webb, 1974
- H. rivara Webb, 1975
- H. robertsoni Webb, 1974
- H. sidora Webb, 1974
- H. singularis Webb, 1974
- H. stena Webb, 1974
- H. tempa Webb, 1974
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. - H. longimedia Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
- H. setosa Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
- H. superba Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
- H. yeatesi Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999