Clinocera Meigen of Thailand (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae).

Eight new species of Clinocera Meigen from Thailand are described and illustrated (C. abbreviata sp. nov.

New synonyms and new species of European aquatic dance flies (Diptera, Empididae).

Knowledge of the European aquatic dance flies (Clinocerinae, Hemerodromiinae) is updated. The following new synonyms are proposed: Chelifera pallida Vaillant, 1981 with Chelifera diversicauda Collin, 1927, syn. nov.

New species of Hemerodromia Meigen (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) associated with limestone karstic waters in Thailand.

Species descriptions are provided for five new species of Hemerodromia (H. aliaextriata sp. nov.

Composition and organization of highly speciose Empidoidea (Diptera) communities in tropical montane forests of northern Thailand.

This study is based on more than 25,000 specimens of the superfamily Empidoidea (Diptera) collected throughout a full year on a 2000 m elevational habitat succession gradient along a 21 km transect on Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain in Thailand. The samples were sorted to 58 genera and 458 morphospecies (Empididae, 73; Hybotidae, 203; Dolichopodidae, 179; Brachystomatidae, 3).                                                                                                                          The data were used to prepare the first thorough taxon-focussed description of how diversity of a major group of Diptera is structured in tropical forest biotopes.

Macquart of Thailand (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae).

Seven new species of Dolichocephala Macquart from Thailand are described (D. bicolor sp. nov.

, a new empidoid (Diptera) genus of uncertain placement.

A new minute-size empidoid fly genus, and two new species ( Cumming & Saigusa, , Sinclair & Brooks, ) are described, illustrated, and their distributions mapped. The family and subfamily assignments remain uncertain, but features of the female terminalia potentially suggest Trichopezinae (Brachystomatidae).

Diversity of Hemerodromia Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Empididae) in Thailand, the tip of a tropical iceberg?

The genus Hemerodromia in Thailand is revised and full descriptions and keys are provided for all 25 species. Twenty new species are recognised: H. alphalutea sp.

Neotropical Hemerodromia Meigen (Diptera: Empididae), a world of discovery II: New species from Atlantic forest, Brazil.

Eight new species of Hemerodromia Meigen are described from the Brazilian Atlantic forest, H. brevicercata sp. nov.

The genus Hybos Meigen (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) in Thailand.

The genus Hybos Meigen in Thailand is revised and full descriptions and keys provided for all 41 species. Thirty-four new species are recognized: H. aceriformis sp.

Species of Bicellaria (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Asia.

Bicellaria amankutanensis sp. nov. (Uzbekistan), B.

Extreme male leg polymorphic asymmetry in a new empidine dance fly (Diptera: Empididae).

A new dance fly (Empididae: Empidinae) with hugely modified male fore tarsus, either on the right, left, both or neither sides, is described from Japan. Such massive polymorphic asymmetry occurring with so high an incidence in a population is previously unreported. In view of the courtship behaviour of other Empidinae, we hypothesize that the oversized tarsus is a secondary sexual character employed by males for attracting females.