Hilarimorphidae

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Asiloidea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Family		Infraorder Asilomorpha Scientific name Hilarimorphidae Higher classification Asiloidea Order Fly

Similar Apsilocephalidae, Cypselosomatidae, Acartophthalmus, Evocoa, Xenasteiidae

The Hilarimorphidae or hilarimorphid flies are a family of Diptera. They are placed in the superfamily Asiloidea, though some considerable doubt exists, but the consensus is that they are most closely related to the Bombyliidae. 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

Genus Hilarimorphites Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 - extinct, known from New Jersey Cretaceous amber

H. longimedia Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999

H. setosa Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999

H. superba Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999

H. yeatesi Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999

References

Hilarimorphidae Wikipedia

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