Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827

Shamshev, Igor V. & Gilasian, Ebrahim, 2025, New species and new records of hybotid dance flies (Diptera: Hybotidae: Tachydromiinae) from Iranian mangrove habitats, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 171-182 : 176

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.171
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:75FABF7E-6539-4E7F-A1DC-D851DEF16D48
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15860098
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scientific name	Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827
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Genus Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827 View in CoL

Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827:86 View in CoL . Type species: Tachydromia ephippiata Fallén, 1815 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Remarks. Elaphropeza is one of the largest genera of the family Hybotidae . The genus has clear circumtropical distribution and currently includes about 230 named species worldwide ( Grootaert, 2019; Grootaert & Shamshev, 2012, 2015; Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007). Adult Elaphropeza are leaf-dwellers ( Grootaert & Shamshev, 2012). Elaphropeza is well represented in mangroves of Singapore and Hong Kong ( Grootaert, 2019). Two species of Elaphropeza were found in this study, including a new species. Formally, Elaphropeza is recorded for the first time from the territory of Iran.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Hybotidae