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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Carmarthenshire (South Wales, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
285
1611
3129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
284
1610
3128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
273
1589
3096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
221
1426
2888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
492
1108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
52
362
733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
62
171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
47
152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
10
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Carmarthenshire
10 Genera with 36 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182210SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18047SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Carmarthenshire
36 Species
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Empis (Anacrostichus) verralli Collin, 1927
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) rufiventris Meigen, 1838
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Carmarthenshire
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
5
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