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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Caucasus (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
523
6140
18845
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
521
6137
18842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
497
6044
18637
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
331
4886
16042
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
79
858
2297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
59
573
1424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
175
575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
47
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caucasus
7 Genera with 29 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 199912SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19803SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1996Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19815SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caucasus
29 Species
Clinocera schumanni Joost, 1981
Clinocera sublineata Sinclair, 2008
Dolichocephala monae Joost, 1981
Empis (Enoplempis) snoddyi Steyskal, 1969
Empis (Xanthempis) adriani Chvala, 1996
Empis afipsiensis Shamsev & Ku..., 2008
Empis azerbaijanica Shamshev, 2006
Empis cacuminifer Melander, 1902
Empis caucasica Bezzi, 1909
Empis dixi Steyskal, 1969
Empis ponti Chvala, 1996
Empis sevanensis Shamshev, 2001
Empis shushaensis Shamshev, 2001
Empis talyshensis Shamshev, 2006
Empis zachardai Chvala, 1999
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia illiesi Joost, 1980
Hilara mauroides Chvala, 1996
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) kerteszi Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia caucasica Frey, 1953
Rhamphomyia kovalevi Bartak, 2004
Rhamphomyia tuberifemur Bartak, 2004
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) vaillanti Joost, 1981
Wiedemannia caucasica Joost, 1981
Wiedemannia chvali Joost, 1981
Wiedemannia klausnitzeri Joost, 1981
Wiedemannia pseudovaillanti Joost, 1981

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Caucasus
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
0
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
0
0
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