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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Argentina (Southern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
686
10351
27232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
684
10346
27226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
641
10177
26822
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
398
8221
22592
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
98
1588
4894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
74
1225
3099
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
252
682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
63
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
22
128
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Argentina
22 Genera with 128 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPRT
Apalocnemis Philippi, 193314SpeciesTaxom
Aplomera Macquart, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Brachystoma Meigen, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18784SpeciesTaxom
Cladodromia Bezzi, 19335SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Clinorhampha Collin, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Deuteragonista Philippi, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 187820SpeciesTaxom
Haplomera Agassiz, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19334SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1933Balloon Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 193319SpeciesTaxom
Hilarigona Collin, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 193310SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 193312SpeciesTaxom
Proagomyia Collin, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19334SpeciesTaxom
Trichohilara Collin, 19331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Argentina
128 Species and 1 Subspecies
Apalocnemis circumspinosa Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis elongata Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis holosericea Thomson, 1869
Apalocnemis ingeniosa Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis maura Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis mediocris Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis ochracea Bigot, 1888
Apalocnemis plorata Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis plorata halterata Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis plorator Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis racemata Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis rostrata Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis solitaria Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis xanthogyna Collin, 1933
Aplomera dichroa Collin, 1933
Atrichopleura caesia Collin, 1933
Atrichopleura caudata Collin, 1933
Atrichopleura cinerea Collin, 1933
Atrichopleura enarrabilis Collin, 1933
Atrichopleura fausta Collin, 1933
Atrichopleura spinipes Collin, 1933
Brachystoma ambiguus Philippi, 1865
Brachystoma thoracicus Philippi, 1865
Chelipoda fimbriata Collin, 1933
Chelipoda obtusipennis Collin, 1933
Chelipoda remissa Collin, 1933
Chelipoda vittata Lynch Arribá..., 1878
Cladodromia decurtata Collin, 1933
Cladodromia inconstans Collin, 1933
Cladodromia mediana Collin, 1933
Cladodromia pollinosa Collin, 1938
Cladodromia tanyptera Collin, 1933
Clinocera collini Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera empodiata Collin, 1933
Clinocera oriunda Collin, 1933
Clinorhampha merita Collin, 1933
Deuteragonista stigmatica Collin, 1933
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis copiosa Collin, 1933
Empis coxalis Thomson, 1869
Empis fulvicollis Collin, 1933
Empis imputata Collin, 1933
Empis landbecki Philippi, 1865
Empis languescens Collin, 1933
Empis liberalis Collin, 1933
Empis liberialis Collin, 1933
Empis lobalis Thomson, 1869
Empis microtheca Frey, 1955
Empis modica Collin, 1933
Empis mollita Collin, 1933
Empis perpusilla Collin, 1933
Empis prominens (Collin, 1933)⇒ Empis copiosa Collin, 1933
Empis quadrivittata Lynch Arribá..., 1878
Empis retroversa Collin, 1933
Empis trichoscelis Collin, 1933
Empis uruguayensis Lynch Arribá..., 1878
Empis vicina Lynch Arribá..., 1878
Haplomera dichroa Collin, 1933
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia edentula Collin, 1933
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia nugatoria Collin, 1933
Hilara armata Collin, 1933
Hilara fraterna Collin, 1933
Hilara immerens Collin, 1933
Hilara irritans Bezzi, 1909
Hilara occipitalis Collin, 1933
Hilara stethica Collin, 1933
Hilara subarmata Collin, 1933
Hilara subpennata Collin, 1933
Hilara tonsilis Collin, 1933
Hilara verticalis Collin, 1933
Hilarempis brachyrrhyncha Thomson, 1869
Hilarempis cillata Collin, 1933
Hilarempis commoda Collin, 1933
Hilarempis dolosa Collin, 1933
Hilarempis facilis Collin, 1933
Hilarempis familiaris Collin, 1933
Hilarempis famillaris Collin, 1933
Hilarempis genualis Collin, 1933
Hilarempis idonea Collin, 1933
Hilarempis inops Collin, 1933
Hilarempis languida Collin, 1933
Hilarempis mendozana Brèthes, 1924
Hilarempis notabilis Collin, 1933
Hilarempis ordinata Collin, 1933
Hilarempis propinqua Collin, 1933
Hilarempis sigillata Collin, 1933
Hilarempis similipes Collin, 1933
Hilarempis spinosa Bezzi, 1909
Hilarempis tibialis Collin, 1933
Hilarigona argentata Philippi, 1865
Hilarigona chiloensis Brèthes, 1924
Hilarigona crassistyla Collin, 1933
Hilarigona polita Collin, 1933
Hilarigona producta Collin, 1933
Hilarigona similis Collin, 1933
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Metachela circumdata Collin, 1933
Metachela inornata Collin, 1933
Metachela patula Collin, 1933
Neoplasta acuta Collin, 1933
Neoplasta analis Thomson, 1869
Neoplasta brevicornis Collin, 1933
Neoplasta cilicauda Collin, 1933
Neoplasta coxalis Collin, 1933
Neoplasta discreta Collin, 1933
Neoplasta excavata Collin, 1933
Neoplasta parvicauda Collin, 1933
Neoplasta propygialis Collin, 1933
Neoplasta pubescens Collin, 1933
Oreogeton aperta Collin, 1933
Oreogeton apertus Collin, 1933
Oreogeton clausa Collin, 1933
Oreogeton clausus Collin, 1933
Oreogeton congruens Collin, 1933
Oreogeton creper Collin, 1933
Oreogeton mediocris Collin, 1933
Oreogeton pterostigma Collin, 1933
Oreogeton pudens Collin, 1933
Oreogeton testaceus Philippi, 1865
Oreogeton versabilis Collin, 1933
Oreogeton versicolor Collin, 1933
Proagomyia torrentium Collin, 1933
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Rhamphomyia caeca Collin, 1933
Rhamphomyia interserta Collin, 1933
Rhamphomyia mollis Collin, 1933
Trichohilara metapleuralis Collin, 1933

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Argentina
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
7
61
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
5
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
2
25
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