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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Arizona (Southwest USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
574
6882
20706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
571
6874
20698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
548
6792
20517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
361
5499
16988
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
1053
2980
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
870
2487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
230
1015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
38
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
8
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Arizona
8 Genera with 21 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20084SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19984SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1955Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 19932SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Arizona
21 Species
Chelipoda elongata Melander, 1902
Clinocera arizonica Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera brevicauda Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera caerulea Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera madera Sinclair, 2008
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia glabella Macdonald, 1998
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia reclinata Macdonald, 1998
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Neoplasta bifida MacDonald & ..., 1993
Neoplasta scapuliformis MacDonald & ..., 1993
Ragas alpina Sinclair & S..., 2001
Ragas longicauda Sinclair & S..., 2001
Rhamphomyia albata Coquillett, 1902
Rhamphomyia aquaria Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia bryanti Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia nana Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia nasoni Coquillett, 1895
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) simplex Loew, 1862
Wiedemannia digna Sinclair, 2006

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Arizona
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
1
2
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