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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Belgium (Benelux)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
567
6611
20424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
564
6599
20409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
535
6518
20232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
354
5361
17525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
95
1134
3753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
757
2356
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
144
725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
80
576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
14
134
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Belgium
14 Genera with 134 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18624SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18153SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 183841SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1999Balloon Flies43SpeciesTaxom
Philolutra Mik, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 191332SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Belgium
134 Species
Chelifera aperticauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera riparia Robert, 1836
Dolichocephala engeli (Vaillant, 1978)⇒ Dolichocephala oblongoguttata Dale, 1878
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Anacrostichus) bistortae Meigen, 1822
Empis (Anacrostichus) nitida Meigen, 1804
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) acinerea Chvala, 1985
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) albopilosa De Meijere, 1935
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) decora Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) praevia Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) pusio Egger, 1860
Empis (Empis) rufiventris Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) serotina Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) tanysphyra Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) woodi Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) nigricans Meigen, 1804
Empis (Leptempis) variegata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) aemula Loew, 1873
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis pennaria Fallen, 1816
Empis proxima Meigen, 1838
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara bistriata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara brevivittata Macquart, 1827
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara gallica Meigen, 1804
Hilara gooti Chvala, 1999
Hilara griseifrons (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1819)⇒ Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara lundbecki (Frey, 1913)⇒ Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara medeteriformis Collin, 1961
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrocincta De Meijere, 1935
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pilosa Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara primula Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivittata Meigen, 1822Dance fly
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara sturmii Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara subpollinosa (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara tenella Fallen, 1816
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Hilara woodi (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara woodiella Chvala, 1999
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Ragas unica Walker, 1837
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) lamellata Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) atra Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscuripennis Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) laevipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subcinerascens Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia dentipes (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia transversipyga Frey, 1950
Rhamphomyia nitidicollis (Frey, 1913)⇒ Rhamphomyia obscuripennis Meigen, 1830

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Belgium
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
116
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
2
2
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