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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
1210
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
925
2782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
300
1458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
70
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
15
51
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
15 Genera with 51 Species
Afrodromia Smith, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Brachystoma Meigen, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Drymodromia Becker, 19697SpeciesTaxom
Edenophorus Smith, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 196913SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1969Balloon Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19696SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19672SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
51 Species
Afrodromia bicolor Smith, 1969
Afrodromia longicornis Smith, 1969
Afrodromia maculifemur Smith, 1969
Brachystoma bimaculatum Smith, 1969
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera smithi Sinclair, 1999
Dolichocephala fuscillanx Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala quadrispina Smith, 1969
Drymodromia beckeri Smith, 1969
Drymodromia capensis Smith, 1969
Drymodromia maculipennis Smith, 1969
Drymodromia reducta Smith, 1969
Drymodromia similis Smith, 1969
Drymodromia simplex Smith, 1969
Drymodromia trochanterata Smith, 1969
Edenophorus knysna Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) calvinia Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) makalaka Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) makalolo Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) mashona Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) matabele Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) maviti Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) turneri Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) umslingaani Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) vetula Smith, 1969
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis colonica Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Empis glandis Smith, 1969
Empis namaqua Smith, 1969
Hemerodromia apicalis (Smith, 1969)⇒ Hemerodromia subapicalis Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hemerodromia basalis Smith, 1969
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hilara crassitibia Smith, 1969
Hilara delta Smith, 1969
Hilara dentata (Smith, 1969)⇒ Hilara neodentata Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hilara gamma Smith, 1969
Hilara lasiopa (Strobl, 1892)⇒ Hilara matronella Straka, 1976
Hilara recurva Smith, 1969
Hilarempis adrianus Smith, 1969
Hilarempis alpha Smith, 1969
Hilarempis robusta Smith, 1969
Hilarempis robustus Smith, 1969
Hilarempis tenuicornis Smith, 1969
Hilarempis vicina Smith, 1969
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhamphomyia umbrosa Loew, 1864
Wiedemannia edendalensis Smith, 1969
Wiedemannia rudebecki Smith, 1967

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
5
16
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