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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Cretaceous (Mesozoic)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
716
2912
4886
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
714
2906
4881
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
641
2692
4605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
347
1695
3023
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
79
438
771
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
35
143
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
15
56
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
30
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
16
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cretaceous
16 Genera with 24 Species
Apalocnemis Philippi, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Archiplatypalpus Kovalev, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Avenaphora Grimaldi & C..., 19992SpeciesTaxom
Burmitempis Cockerell, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Cretoplatypalpus Kovalev, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Ecommocydromia Schlüter, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Electrocyrtoma Cockerell, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Emplita Grimaldi & C..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Hasmona Giebel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Mesoplatypalpus Grimaldi & C..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Microphorites Hennig, 20086SpeciesTaxom
Protempis Ussatchov, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoacarterus Waters, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Trichinites Hennig, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Turonempis Grimaldi & C..., 19991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cretaceous
24 Species
Apalocnemis canadambris Grimaldi & C..., 1999
Apalocnemis candambris D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Archiplatypalpus cretaceus V. G. Kovalev, 1974
Avenaphora gallica Nel & al., 2016
Avenaphora hispida D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Burmitempis halteralis T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Cretoplatypalpus americanus D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Cretoplatypalpus archaeus V. G. Kovalev, 1978
Ecommocydromia difficilis T. Schlüter, 1978
Electrocyrtoma burmanicum T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Empis orapaensis S. B. Waters, 1989
Emplita casei D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Hasmona leo C. G. Giebel, 1856
Mesoplatypalpus carpenteri D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Microphorites deploegi A. Nel, 2004
Microphorites extinctus W. Hennig, 1971
Microphorites magaliae Perrichot & ..., 2014
Microphorites oculeus D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Microphorites similis D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Microphorites utrillensis A. Arillo, 2008
Protempis minuta D. Ren, 1998
Pseudoacarterus orapaensis S. B. Waters, 1989
Trichinites cretaceus W. Hennig, 1970
Turonempis styx D. A. Grimaldi, 1999

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Cretaceous
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
1
2
Genus
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