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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Ameland (West Frisian Islands, Netherlands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
252
1344
2140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
250
1341
2137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
235
1308
2081
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
190
1152
1894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
51
211
280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
39
162
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
25
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
9
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
3
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ameland
3 Genera with 8 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 17616SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ameland
8 Species
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Ameland
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
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