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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Canary Islands (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
381
2981
6495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
378
2975
6484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
367
2934
6427
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
240
2370
5408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
66
457
1009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
51
325
675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
76
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
30
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Canary Islands
6 Genera with 8 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1908Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canary Islands
8 Species
Chelifera nubecula Becker, 1908
Clinocera amarantha Becker, 1908
Empis (Empis) similis Becker, 1908
Empis basilaris Becker, 1908
Hemerodromia claripennis Frey, 1958
Hilara empidoides Frey, 1958
Hilara laurae Becker, 1908
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) lagunae Becker, 1908

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Canary Islands
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
4
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