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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Bridgend County Borough (South Wales, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
243
1176
2254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
243
1176
2254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
231
1154
2219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
1040
2076
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
399
867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
53
346
773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
51
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
37
126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Bridgend County Borough
6 Genera with 28 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18229SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1909Balloon Flies8SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19268SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18341SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Bridgend County Borough
28 Species
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Xanthempis) concolor Verrall, 1872
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Bridgend County Borough
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
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