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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Bristol (Southwest England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
257
1415
2364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
256
1414
2363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
241
1382
2320
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
1218
2126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
313
626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
48
286
571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
29
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
18
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
5
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Bristol
5 Genera with 15 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 18045SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 17943SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Bristol
15 Species
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrohirta Collin, 1927
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Bristol
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
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