Drapetini, Collin, 1961

Grootaert, Patrick & Shamshev, Igor V., 2012, The fast-running flies (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) of Singapore and adjacent regions, European Journal of Taxonomy 5, pp. 1-162 : 22

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.