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Homalocnemis
Homalocnemis is a genus of flies which is placed in a family of its own, the Homalocnemiidae. There are about seven species in the genus found in the Afrotropical, Neotropical, and Australasian regions, suggestive of a Gondwanan origin. The genus was formerly considered a primitive empidoid and placed variously in the Hybotidae or in the empidid subfamily Brachystomatinae. They are recognized by their wing venation which includes a long anal cell and a long basal segment...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Homalocnemis adelensis
speciesHomalocnemis adelensis
Homalocnemis perspicua
speciesHomalocnemis perspicua
Homalocnemis nigripennis
speciesHomalocnemis nigripennis
Homalocnemis inexpleta
speciesHomalocnemis inexpleta
Homalocnemis maculipennis
speciesHomalocnemis maculipennis
Homalocnemis namibiensis
speciesHomalocnemis namibiensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 376625.