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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
466
3890
7183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
465
3889
7182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
441
3790
6958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
308
3221
6084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
658
1173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
65
467
843
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
87
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
36
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Ontario
7 Genera with 10 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 0Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Ontario
10 Species
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis colonica Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hilara nitida
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Rhamphomyia nasoni Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959

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

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
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