Hybotid Dance Flies (Hybotidae) - 46 Species, Identification & Facts

Chersodromia inusitata

Identification: The only eastern Chersodromia with dark legs, femora black and remainder dark brown. Thorax dark gray, but with yellow "shoulders" at least in some males.

Chersodromia megacetes

Identification: Wings longer than abdomen; thorax shiny-black above; wings whitish (no infuscation); halteres white; in males, pygidium about as large as the rest of abdomen ( Melander 1945:80 )

Chersodromia parallela

Identification: Distinguished from other American Chersodromia by the reduced wings with apical third dark and wing veins running more or less parallel to margin.

Hybos culiciformis

There are three British species of Hybos , all are similar though H. femoratus has red legs (except the rear pair which are black). No additional images available for this species.

Platypalpus apicalis

Identification: Translation of Loew's description: "79. Plalypalpus apicalis nov. sp. §. Dark, shiny, thorax lateral margins and pleura very obsoletely white-pollinose, feet yellow, femurs anterior and posterior marked with oblong black spots above t

Platypalpus discifer

Identification: The modified male mid legs are distinctive.

Platypalpus flammifer

Identification: Thorax shining black; legs yellow to brown with tips of hind femora dark; arista white, shorter than long, black third segment of antennae.

Platypalpus harpiger

Identification: Original description: Platypalpus harpiger , sp. nov. [Female] -- Length 5 mm. Body black, head and thorax closely gray pollinose, legs including coxae entirely yellow, the tip of the long tibial spur alone black; base of abdominal se

Platypalpus holosericus

Identification: Body black, with dense pollen covering head and thorax and forming triangles on sides of abdomen; legs yellow, spur of tibia longer than diameter of tibia; posterior crossvein (M-Cu) oblique and behind anterior (R-M); R4+5 and M conve

Platypalpus melleus

Identification: One of a few almost entirely yellow species. Original description: Platypalpus melleus , nov. sp. - Female. Length 2 mm. Yellow, the ocellar spot, outer half of the third antennal joint with the arista, the eyes, flexor setulae

Syneches simplex

Identification: The only regional species of Syneches with two spots on each wing, one at the apex of each of the first two long veins.

Tachypeza nubila

Length 2.5 to 3.5 mm. A small dark brown looking fly. The front legs appear to have swollen thighs and are slightly more yellowy brown. The wings have a dark shading. Usually you will find them on tree trunks (both standing and felled trees) and they