The fast-running flies (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) of Singapore and adjacent regions
Author
Grootaert, Patrick
Author
Shamshev, Igor V.
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2012
2012-01-06
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2012.5
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Tribe
Drapetini
The tribe
Drapetini
is diagnosed by the following apomorphies: compound eyes with ommatrichia, loss of tergite
10 in
females (correlated with sternite 10 positioned below the cerci), and loss of wing vein CuA
2
(
Sinclair & Cumming 2006
). The
Drapetini
currently includes 18 genera, of which 9 genera (
Chersodromia
Walker
,
Crossopalpus
Bigot
,
Drapetis
Meigen
,
Elaphropeza
Macquart
,
Megagrapha
Melander
,
Nanodromia
Grootaert
,
Pontodromia
Grootaert
,
Sinodrapetis
Yang, Gaimari & Grootaert
, and
Stilpon
Loew
) have been recorded from the Oriental Region, but only seven genera of
Drapetini
are currently known from
Singapore
.
Megagrapha
and
Sinodrapetis
are lacking. Almost all these groups are worldwide in distribution but
Nanodromia
and
Pontodromia
are found in the Oriental and Australasian regions only.