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Chelipoda
Chelipoda is a genus of dance flies in the family Empididae, subfamily Hemerodromiinae. The genus exhibits profound sexual dimorphism, with males bearing exaggerated morphological characters whose structure-function relationships have been studied. A 2007 revision recognized 38 species in New Zealand alone, including 22 newly described species. Phylogenetic analysis resolves two major clades distinguished by thoracic elongation, male genital flexion, cercus-epandrium fusion, and cell cup shape.