Hybotidae, or Dancing Flies, are a family within the order Diptera, or True Flies. There are so many different classifications within the order Diptera that there is no real agreement as to how to do it amongst entymologists; there are just too many 'infraorders' and 'superfamilys' with shared characteristics. And tons of undiscovered species, no doubt -- flies are everywhere, as we know. However, there are two distinct agreed upon suborders -- Nematocera, which are full of misquitoes, blackflies and other bloodsuckers plus gnats, and Brachycera, which includes the Hybotidae. Anyway, none of the species in the Hybotidae family do any bloodsucking and seem pretty harmless as far as I can tell, and they're not big, so you probably will never even take note of them beyond reading this post.
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