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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Central Alberta (Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
419
3503
6778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
416
3499
6774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
396
3411
6581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
290
2948
5875
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
82
673
1194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
61
469
836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
72
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
33
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Alberta
6 Genera with 9 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18642SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Alberta
9 Species
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis colonica Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Rhamphomyia polita Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Rhamphomyia umbrosa Loew, 1864

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Central Alberta
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
4
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