Hilara laureae is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae.

The species was first described from Tenerife in the Canary Islands by Theodor Becker,[1] where it is believed to be endemic.

[2] The original spelling given by Becker (1908: 42) is "laureae", with the species epithet possibly reflecting where the species was first found in a "laurel grove" (in original german as "im Lorbeerhain").

[1] However, subsequently many online sources give the spelling of the species epithet as the later alternative "laurae" without any apparent justification.

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