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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Cape Verde (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
389
2530
3645
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
386
2522
3632
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
372
2485
3587
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
240
1954
2800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
73
463
731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
56
315
491
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
84
183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
20
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Verde
6 Genera with 12 Species
Amictoides Bourgogne, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Cladodromia Bezzi, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18685SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Sphicosa Philippi, 18651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Verde
12 Species
Amictoides breviventris Philippi, 1865
Atrichopleura tephrodes Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia bicolor Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia flavipes Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia pratincola Philippi, 1865
Empis dumetorum Philippi, 1865
Empis fulvicollis Collin, 1933
Empis lasionota (Loew, 1869)⇒ Empis picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis montezuma Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis pachymerina Schiner, 1868
Hilarempis dumicola Philippi, 1865
Sphicosa nigra Philippi, 1865

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Cape Verde
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
3
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