Diversity Of Chelipoda Macquart, 1823 (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) In Northern Thailand With Discussion Of A Biodiversity ‘ Hot Spot’ At Doi Inthanon Author Plant, Adrian R. text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2009 2009-08-31 57 2 255 277 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5342006 2345-7600 5342006 Chelipoda Macquart, 1823 Diagnosis. – A characteristic genus of the Empididae subfamily Hemerodromiinae with raptorial forelegs distinctly separated from the mid legs and fore femur bearing distinct rows of setae ventrally ( Figs. 25–27 ). Chelipoda is distinguished from other southeast Asian Hemerodromiinae by the combination of (1) Postpedicel longer than wide, stylus longer (2) Katatergital setae present (3) Male genitalia strongly reflexed anteriorly (4) Cell dm closed (crossvein dm-cu present) (5) Anal vein (A 2 +CuA 2 ) present (6) Cell br usually longer than cell bm, crossveins closing them not closely aligned ( Fig. 28 ).