| Hydrophorinae | |
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| Hydrophorus nebulosus, North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae Lioy, 1864 |
| Genera | |
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see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aphrosylinae Aldrich, 1905 | |
Hydrophorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Several molecular phylogenetic analyses of the family have found evidence that the subfamily in its current sense is polyphyletic.[1][2]
- ^ Lim, G. S.; Hwang, W. S.; Kutty, S.; Meier, R.; Grootaert, P. (2010). "Mitochondrial and nuclear markers support the monophyly of Dolichopodidae and suggest a rapid origin of the subfamilies (Diptera)". Systematic Entomology. 35 (1): 59–70. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00481.x.
- ^ Germann, C.; Pollet, M.; Wimmer, C.; Bernasconi, M.V. (2011). "Molecular data sheds light on the classification of long-legged flies (Diptera : Dolichopodidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 25 (4): 303–321. doi:10.1071/IS11029.