Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Caribbean (America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 657
12365
38331 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 653
12348
38295 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 627
12188
37884 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 383
9584
30287 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 92
1536
5192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 72
1215
3605 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 9
222
842 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 3
83
366 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies | 8
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Caribbean
8 Genera with 19 Species
Species list for Caribbean
19 Species | Elaphcopexa upsilon | | | Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868 | | | Empis atra Wiedemann, 1830 | | | Hemerodromia defessa Williston, 1896 | | | Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908 | | | Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955 | | | Hilara viridis | | | Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887 | | | Lamprempis furcaticauda Smith, 1962 | | | Lamprempis setigera Coquillett, 1903 | | | Lamprempis superba Loew, 1861 | | | Lamprempis viridis Coquillett, 1895 | | | Opeatocerata stubbsi Smith, 1989 | | | Porphyrochroa argentata Rafael & Ale..., 2002 | | | Porphyrochroa dominicanensis Rafael & Ale..., 2002 | | | Porphyrochroa genalis Rafael & Ale..., 2002 | | | Porphyrochroa latifrons Rafael & Ale..., 2002 | | | Porphyrochroa pectinata Rafael & Ale..., 2002 | | | Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905 | |
Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Caribbean
 | | 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
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