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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Amsterdam (North Holland, Netherlands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
295
1811
3123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
294
1808
3120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
283
1781
3069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
215
1554
2795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
63
372
594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
47
270
412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
33
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
18
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Amsterdam
4 Genera with 12 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 18228SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1999Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18232SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Amsterdam
12 Species
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) nigricans Meigen, 1804
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hilara veltmani Chvala, 1999
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Amsterdam
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
11
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