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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4583
15908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
496
1518
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
52
354
889
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
58
106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
22
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
4 Genera with 7 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 19714SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hydropeza Sinclair, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
7 Species
Empis (Disneyempis) hirsutipennis Smith, 1976
Empis (Disneyempis) spinifemorata Daugeron, 2000
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis vina Smith, 1971
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hydropeza paniculata Sinclair & M..., 2004
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Cameroon
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
5
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