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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Algoma District (Northeastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
342
2121
3115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
342
2121
3115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
323
2073
3031
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
245
1802
2699
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
76
512
793
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
56
353
541
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
41
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
23
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
5
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Algoma District
5 Genera with 6 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Algoma District
6 Species
Chelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Rhamphomyia vara Loew, 1861

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Algoma District
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


Links, sources and further information
Empididae at aramel.free.fr
Empididae at artfakta.se
Empididae at dyntaxa.se
Empididae at gbif.org
Empididae at irmng.org
Empididae at itis.gov
Empididae at marinespecies.org