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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Blue Mountains (New South Wales, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
286
1500
2566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
285
1499
2566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
273
1462
2504
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
201
1288
2286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
61
278
523
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
229
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
72
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
22
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Blue Mountains
6 Genera with 8 Species
Apalocnemis Philippi, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Asymphyloptera Collin, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Bandella Bickel, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Ptilophyllodromia Bezzi, 19041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Blue Mountains
8 Species
Apalocnemis sanguinea Hardy, 1934
Asymphyloptera quadriseta Smith, 1961
Bandella montana Bickel, 2002
Clinocera australiana Sinclair, 2000
Clinocera irrorata Sinclair, 2000
Clinocera rubriventris Sinclair, 2000
Empis (Empis) alata Hardy, 1934
Ptilophyllodromia biroi Bezzi, 1904

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Blue Mountains
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
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