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Checklist of Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
for Azores (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
289
1632
2733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
285
1624
2723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
280
1613
2706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
187
1254
2130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
298
549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
45
206
398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
30
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
22
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Azores
4 Genera with 15 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 19456SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18683SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 19454SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18982SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Azores
15 Species
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera dahli Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera sexmculata Frey, 1945
Clinocera storai Frey, 1945
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Kowarzia azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Kowarzia dahli Vaillant, 1964
Kowarzia sexmaculata Frey, 1945
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Azores
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


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