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Taxonomy of Family Empididae Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
412
22844
306890
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
178
15959
203753
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
23
2934
49726
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
7
999
22147
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
296
5363
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Empididae Latreille, 1809
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
3
75
Genera
Species
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
26
709
Genera
Species
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
27
3086
Genera
Species
SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
20
782
Genera
Species
SubfamilyHomalocneminae
Collin, 1928
1
8
Genus
Species
SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
6
134
Genera
Species
GenusAcallomyia
Melander, 1928
  ⇒ Empis
1Species
GenusAcanthoclinocera
Saigusa, 1965
  ⇒ Trichoclinocera
2Species
GenusAcanthopeza
Becker, 1914
1Species
GenusAcarteus
1Species
GenusAclinocera
Yang & Yang, 1995
1Species
GenusAclonempis
Collin, 1926
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
2Species
GenusAfroclinocera
Sinclair, 1999
2Species
GenusAfroempis
Smith, 1969
1Species
GenusAllochrotus
Collin, 1933
1Species
GenusAmictoides
Bourgogne, 1949
  ⇒ Paramictoides
3Species
GenusAmydroneura
Collin, 1926
0Species
GenusAnacrostichus
Bezzi, 1909
0Species
GenusAplomera
Macquart, 1839
19Species
GenusArchaeodrapetiops
Martins-Neto & al., 1992
4Species
GenusArchiplatypalpus
Kovalev, 1974
1Species
GenusArdoptera
Macquart, 1827
  ⇒ Dolichocephala
6Species
GenusArgyrandrus
Bezzi, 1909
0Species
GenusAsioclinocera
2Species
GenusAtalanta
Meigen, 1800
  ⇒ Clinocera
26Species
GenusAvenaphora
Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
2Species
GenusAxelempis
Curran, 1931
2Species
GenusBergenitamia
1Species
GenusBrachistoma
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Brachystoma
0Species
GenusBurmitempis
Cockerell, 1917
1Species
GenusCalo
Gistl, 1848
  ⇒ Cyrtoma
1Species
GenusCalohilara
Frey, 1952
5Species
GenusCamelopsis
Engel, 1918
1Species
GenusCerathybos
Bezzi, 1909
5Species
GenusChamadipsia
Mik, 1881
  ⇒ Chamaedipsia
3Species
GenusChamädipsia
Mik, 1881
  ⇒ Chamaedipsia
0Species
GenusChamaedipsia
Mik, 1881
  ⇒ Wiedemannia
5Species
GenusChamädipsia
Mik, 1881
0Species
GenusChamedipsia
1Species
GenusChampaedipsia
1Species
GenusCharadromia
1Species
GenusChersdromia
1Species
GenusChilcottomyia
1Species
GenusChildaes
1Species
GenusChoreodromia
Frey, 1922
0Species
GenusChyromantis
Rondani, 1856
0Species
GenusClinorhampha
Collin, 1933
4Species
GenusCollinaria
Frey, 1950
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
1Species
GenusCoptophlebia
Bezzi, 1909
  ⇒ Empis
10Species
GenusCoryneta
Meigen, 1803
  ⇒ Tachysta
13Species
GenusCretoplatypalpus
Kovalev, 1978
3Species
GenusCtenodrapetis
Bezzi, 1904
  ⇒ Elaphropeza
4Species
GenusDanistes
Gistl, 1848
0Species
GenusDasyrhamphomyia
Frey, 1922
0Species
GenusDionnaea
Hendel, 1908
0Species
GenusDisneyempis
Smith, 1976
0Species
GenusDoliocephala
2Species
GenusDrapetiella
Meunier, 1908
1Species
GenusDriodromya
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Dryodromya
0Species
GenusDriodromyia
Bezzi in Becker-Kertész, 1903
  ⇒ Dryodromya
0Species
GenusDryodromia
Rondani, 1856
1Species
GenusDryodromya
Rondani, 1856
2Species
GenusDryodromyia
Bigot, 1857
  ⇒ Dryodromya
0Species
GenusEcommocydromia
Schlüter, 1978
1Species
GenusEdenophorus
Smith, 1969
7Species
GenusElaphcopexa
1Species
GenusElectrocyrtoma
Cockerell, 1917
1Species
GenusEmerodromya
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Hemerodromia
0Species
GenusEmpimorpha
Coquillett, 1895
  ⇒ Empis
7Species
GenusEnicopteryx
Stephens, 1829
  ⇒ Bicellaria
2Species
GenusEnoplempis
Bigot, 1880
  ⇒ Empis
2Species
GenusEocorynetites
Hong, 2002
1Species
GenusEpiceia
Walker, 1860
2Species
GenusEpiceria
Schiner, 1868
  ⇒ Epiceia
0Species
GenusEternia
Martins-Neto & al., 1992
1Species
GenusEucelidia
Mik, 1881
0Species
GenusEuempis
Frey, 1953
0Species
GenusEuthyneuriella
Meunier, 1908
1Species
GenusEuthynevra
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Euthyneura
0Species
GenusFraudator
Hutton, 1901
  ⇒ Homalocnemis
1Species
GenusFur
Jones, 1940
  ⇒ Dolichocephala
1Species
GenusGondwanamyia
3Species
GenusGynatoma
Collin, 1928
6Species
GenusHaplomera
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Aplomera
13Species
GenusHasmona
Giebel, 1856
1Species
GenusHeleodromyia
Bigot, 1889
  ⇒ Heleodromia
0Species
GenusHeliodromia
Walker, 1840
  ⇒ Heleodromia
0Species
GenusHemecodromia
1Species
GenusHemeredromia
1Species
GenusHemerodromya
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Hemerodromia
0Species
GenusHemerodromyia
Berthold in Latreille, 1827
  ⇒ Hemerodromia
0Species
GenusHenicopteryx
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Enicopteryx
0Species
GenusHeterodromyia
Bigot, 1857
0Species
GenusHilarigona
Collin, 1933
25Species
GenusHilarites
Heer, 1856
1Species
GenusHilaropus
White, 1916
  ⇒ Hilarempis
5Species
GenusHoloclera
Schiner, 1860
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
7Species
GenusHomalocnemimus
Mostovski, 1999
1Species
GenusHybomyia
Plant, 1995
1Species
GenusHydrodromia
Macquart, 1835
  ⇒ Clinocera
3Species
GenusHydropeza
Sinclair, 1999
19Species
GenusHylara
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Hilara
0Species
GenusHyperperacera
Collin, 1933
2Species
GenusHystichonotus
1Species
GenusIcasma
Turner, 1902
  ⇒ Zealandicesa
7Species
GenusIlliesiella
Wagner, 1985
0Species
GenusIteophila
Zetterstedt, 1837
0Species
GenusKritempis
Collin, 1926
  ⇒ Empis
1Species
GenusLamposoma
Becker, 1889
1Species
GenusLepidomya
Bigot, 1857
0Species
GenusLepidromia
Schiner, 1868
0Species
GenusLeptempis
Collin, 1926
0Species
GenusLeptometopiella
Melander, 1927
0Species
GenusLeptosceles
Haliday, 1833
  ⇒ Dolichocephala
2Species
GenusLissempis
Bezzi, 1909
0Species
GenusLitanomyia
Melander, 1902
  ⇒ Chelipoda
2Species
GenusLochmocola
Hong, 1981
1Species
GenusLundstroemiella
Frey, 1922
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
2Species
GenusLundstromiella
1Species
GenusMantipeza
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Chelifera
1Species
GenusMegacittarus
Bigot, 1889
  ⇒ Megacyttarus
0Species
GenusMegacyttarus
Bigot, 1880
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
3Species
GenusMelanderalus
1Species
GenusMesoplatypalpus
Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
1Species
GenusMicrodromia
Bezzi, 1903
0Species
GenusMicrodromya
Bigot, 1857
0Species
GenusMicrophorites
Hennig, 1971
9Species
GenusNeocota
Coquillett, 1895
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
1Species
GenusNeoilliesiella
Wagner & Özdikmen, 2006
  ⇒ Heleodromia
0Species
GenusNeoza
1Species
GenusObstinocephala
Garrett Jones, 1940
  ⇒ Dolichocephala
1Species
GenusOchtherohilara
Frey, 1952
1Species
GenusOropozella
13Species
GenusOustaletimyia
Meunier, 1893
1Species
GenusPachimeria
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Pachymeria
0Species
GenusPachymeria
Stephens, 1829
  ⇒ Lycambes
28Species
GenusPalaeoleptopeza
Meunier, 1908
1Species
GenusPararhamphomyia
Frey, 1922
0Species
GenusPasitrichotus
Collin, 1933
2Species
GenusPerospilus
Bigot, 1859
0Species
GenusPhaobalia
Mik, 1881
  ⇒ Phaeobalia
0Species
GenusPhäobalia
Mik, 1881
  ⇒ Phaeobalia
0Species
GenusPhilolura
1Species
GenusPhilolutra
Mik, 1881
  ⇒ Wiedemannia
3Species
GenusPhleboctena
Bezzi, 1909
1Species
GenusPhoneustica
Aldrich, 1905
  ⇒ Phoneutisca
0Species
GenusPhoneutisca
Loew, 1863
  ⇒ Tachydromia
3Species
GenusPhoroxypha
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Platypalpus
4Species
GenusPhyletus
Gistl, 1834
1Species
GenusPhyllodromya
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Phyllodromia
0Species
GenusPlanempis
Frey, 1953
0Species
GenusPlatyhilara
Frey, 1952
1Species
GenusPolyblepharis
Bezzi, 1909
  ⇒ Empis
2Species
GenusPolydromia
Verrall, 1882
0Species
GenusPolydromya
Bigot, 1857
0Species
GenusProgloma
James, 1937
1Species
GenusProtempis
Ussatchov, 1968
2Species
GenusProtoedalea
Cockerell, 1921
1Species
GenusProtoreogeton
Mostovski, 1999
1Species
GenusPseudoacarterus
Waters, 1989
1Species
GenusPseudoheleodromia
1Species
GenusPseudoragas
Frey, 1952
  ⇒ Hilara
1Species
GenusPseudostilpon
Seguy, 1950
  ⇒ Stilpon
1Species
GenusPseudowiedemannia
Engel, 1918
0Species
GenusPterempis
Bezzi, 1909
  ⇒ Empis
3Species
GenusPterospilus
Rondani, 1856
0Species
GenusPterospylus
Bigot, 1889
2Species
GenusRamphomya
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
0Species
GenusRamphomyia
Meigen, 1822
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
3Species
GenusRhadinempis
Collin, 1926
0Species
GenusRhagas
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Ragas
2Species
GenusRhamphomya
Bigot, 1857
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
0Species
GenusRhamphomyza
Zetterstedt, 1838
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
22Species
GenusRoderia
Mik, 1881
  ⇒ Roederia
0Species
GenusRöderia
Mik, 1881
  ⇒ Roederia
0Species
GenusRoederella
Engel, 1918
0Species
GenusRoederia
Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893
  ⇒ Wiedemannia
2Species
GenusRoederioides
Curran, 1934
  ⇒ Roederiodes
3Species
GenusSabinios
Jones, 1940
3Species
GenusSciodromia
Westwood, 1840
  ⇒ Heleodromia
6Species
GenusSciodromyia
Bigot, 1889
  ⇒ Sciodromia
0Species
GenusSicodus
Rafinesque, 1815
2Species
GenusSinohilara
Zhou, Li & Yang, 2010
1Species
GenusSinotrichopeza
Yang, Zhang & Zhang in Yang & al., 2007
  ⇒ Trichopeza
2Species
GenusSphenempis
Saigusa, 2022
0Species
GenusSphicosa
Philippi, 1865
11Species
GenusSteleochaeta
Kertesz, 1909
2Species
GenusStelochaeta
1Species
GenusStuckenbergia
Tservinskii, 1898
2Species
GenusStuckenbergomyia  ⇒ Stuckenbergia
3Species
GenusStyrex
Scopoli, 1763
1Species
GenusSynamphotera
Loew, 1858
  ⇒ Dryodromia
2Species
GenusSynechus
1Species
GenusTachidromya
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Tachydromia
0Species
GenusTachidromyia
Bigot, 1889
  ⇒ Tachydromia
0Species
GenusTachista
Meigen, 1803
  ⇒ Tachydromia
54Species
GenusTachydroma
Waltl, 1837
  ⇒ Tachydromia
4Species
GenusTachydromya
Oken, 1815
  ⇒ Tachydromia
0Species
GenusTachydromyia
Macquart, 1823
  ⇒ Tachydromia
4Species
GenusTachyeurpis
1Species
GenusTachysta
Meigen, 1803
  ⇒ Tachista
43Species
GenusTenontomyia
White, 1916
  ⇒ Oreogeton
1Species
GenusThalassempis
Saigusa, 1994
0Species
GenusThamnodromia
Mik, 1886
0Species
GenusThamnodromyia
Bigot, 1889
  ⇒ Phyllodromia
0Species
GenusThirza
Giebel, 1856
1Species
GenusTimalphes
Melander, 1928
0Species
GenusTomia
Paramonov, 1961
  ⇒ Ceratomerus
8Species
GenusTremembella
Martins-Neto & al., 1992
1Species
GenusTrichinites
Hennig, 1970
1Species
GenusTrichohilara
Collin, 1933
1Species
GenusTricopexa
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Trichopeza
0Species
GenusVockerothempis
Saigusa, 2012
  ⇒ Rhamphomyia
0Species
GenusWiedemania
2Species
GenusWiedmannia
Bigot, 1856
0Species
GenusXanthempis
Bezzi, 1909
  ⇒ Empis
3Species
GenusXiphidicera
Macquart, 1834
1Species
GenusXiphidiocera
Blanchard, 1845
  ⇒ Xiphidicera
0Species
GenusXyphidicera
Bigot, 1857
  ⇒ Xiphidicera
0Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Empididae
GermanTanzfliegen
EnglishBalloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
DutchDansvliegen
DanishDansefluer
SwedishDansflugor
FinnishTanhukärpäset
NorwegianDansefluer


Distribution and Species lists of Empididae Latreille, 1809
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Afghanistan
2 Genera  2 Species
Albania
5 Genera  8 Species
Algeria
8 Genera  34 Species
Andorra
2 Genera  2 Species
Angola
2 Genera  2 Species
Argentina
22 Genera  128 Species
Armenia
2 Genera  3 Species
Australia
27 Genera  89 Species
Austria
9 Genera  60 Species
Azerbaijan
1 Genus  3 Species
Bahamas
2 Genera  2 Species
Belarus
2 Genera  2 Species
Belgium
14 Genera  134 Species
Belize
3 Genera  3 Species
Benin
1 Genus  1 Species
Bolivia
11 Genera  38 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Genus  1 Species
Botswana
2 Genera  4 Species
Brazil
24 Genera  127 Species
Brunei
1 Genus  1 Species
Bulgaria
3 Genera  12 Species
Cameroon
4 Genera  7 Species
Canada
32 Genera  212 Species
Cape Verde
6 Genera  12 Species
Central African Republic
1 Genus  1 Species
Chad
1 Genus  1 Species
Chile
34 Genera  238 Species
China
20 Genera  116 Species
Colombia
12 Genera  13 Species
Comoros
1 Genus  1 Species
Costa Rica
23 Genera  48 Species
Croatia
3 Genera  7 Species
Cuba
2 Genera  5 Species
Cyprus
4 Genera  4 Species
Czech Republic
22 Genera  302 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 Genera  2 Species
Denmark
15 Genera  179 Species
Dominican Republic
2 Genera  6 Species
East Timor
1 Genus  1 Species
Ecuador
14 Genera  19 Species
Egypt
3 Genera  5 Species
El Salvador
1 Genus  1 Species
Estonia
7 Genera  16 Species
Ethiopia
3 Genera  3 Species
Fiji
3 Genera  16 Species
Finland
15 Genera  231 Species
France
29 Genera  264 Species
Gabon
1 Genus  2 Species
Gambia
2 Genera  2 Species
Georgia
5 Genera  13 Species
Germany
19 Genera  204 Species
Ghana
1 Genus  3 Species
Greece
9 Genera  46 Species
Guatemala
3 Genera  3 Species
Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Guyana
3 Genera  3 Species
Haiti
1 Genus  1 Species
Honduras
3 Genera  1 Species
Hungary
7 Genera  11 Species
Iceland
9 Genera  20 Species
India
13 Genera  63 Species
Indonesia
11 Genera  20 Species
Iran
3 Genera  6 Species
Ireland
10 Genera  65 Species
Israel
4 Genera  36 Species
Italy
20 Genera  299 Species
Ivory Coast
1 Genus  1 Species
Jamaica
3 Genera  3 Species
Japan
13 Genera  174 Species
Jordan
3 Genera  17 Species
Kazakhstan
4 Genera  12 Species
Kenya
10 Genera  24 Species
Kyrgyzstan
4 Genera  12 Species
Laos
1 Genus  2 Species
Latvia
5 Genera  11 Species
Lebanon
8 Genera  19 Species
Lesotho
6 Genera  10 Species
Liberia
3 Genera  2 Species
Libya
2 Genera  3 Species
Lithuania
5 Genera  14 Species
Luxembourg
1 Genus  1 Species
Madagascar
2 Genera  2 Species
Malaysia
3 Genera  5 Species
Maldives
1 Genus  1 Species
Mauritius
1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
14 Genera  44 Species
Micronesia
1 Genus  1 Species
Mongolia
6 Genera  10 Species
Morocco
7 Genera  20 Species
Mozambique
5 Genera  7 Species
Myanmar
9 Genera  50 Species
Namibia
4 Genera  4 Species
Nepal
15 Genera  32 Species
Netherlands
17 Genera  195 Species
New Zealand
29 Genera  154 Species
Nicaragua
6 Genera  3 Species
Nigeria
2 Genera  4 Species
North Korea
1 Genus  4 Species
Norway
25 Genera  365 Species
Pakistan
3 Genera  3 Species
Palestine
2 Genera  2 Species
Panama
7 Genera  11 Species
Papua New Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Paraguay
3 Genera  3 Species
Peru
19 Genera  63 Species
Philippines
5 Genera  7 Species
Poland
13 Genera  64 Species
Portugal
9 Genera  29 Species
Republic South Africa
22 Genera  173 Species
Romania
5 Genera  16 Species
Russia
32 Genera  406 Species
Saint Lucia
1 Genus  1 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Genus  1 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 Genus  1 Species
Saudi Arabia
1 Genus  1 Species
Senegal
2 Genera  2 Species
Serbia
2 Genera  8 Species
Seychelles
1 Genus  1 Species
Sierra Leone
1 Genus  0 Species
Singapore
1 Genus  5 Species
Slovakia
6 Genera  22 Species
Slovenia
6 Genera  8 Species
Solomon Islands
3 Genera  6 Species
South Korea
4 Genera  6 Species
Spain
9 Genera  77 Species
Sri Lanka
6 Genera  8 Species
Sudan
1 Genus  1 Species
Sweden
18 Genera  329 Species
Switzerland
5 Genera  22 Species
Syria
4 Genera  15 Species
Taiwan
13 Genera  63 Species
Tajikistan
4 Genera  15 Species
Tanzania
10 Genera  16 Species
Thailand
7 Genera  26 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
2 Genera  2 Species
Tunisia
6 Genera  18 Species
Turkey
4 Genera  22 Species
Turkmenistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Uganda
10 Genera  27 Species
Ukraine
3 Genera  6 Species
United Kingdom
31 Genera  268 Species
Uruguay
3 Genera  4 Species
USA
67 Genera  707 Species
Uzbekistan
4 Genera  10 Species
Vanuatu
2 Genera  2 Species
Venezuela
6 Genera  4 Species
Vietnam
2 Genera  5 Species
Yemen
1 Genus  1 Species
Zambia
1 Genus  1 Species
Zimbabwe
4 Genera  13 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Ecozone
Mountains


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