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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Ayrshire (Scotland, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
244
1156
2050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
244
1156
2050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
230
1126
2009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
186
997
1840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
340
708
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
50
252
512
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
47
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
37
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
10
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ayrshire
10 Genera with 45 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18162SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 180410SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies16SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18228SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18681SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ayrshire
45 Species
Chelifera pectinicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) hyalipennis Fallen, 1816
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) rhynchops Nowicki, 1868

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Ayrshire
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
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