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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Denmark (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
605
7287
25296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
602
7278
25280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
575
7181
25071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
383
6004
22218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
103
1511
6338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
80
990
4112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
131
702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
72
570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
15
179
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Denmark
15 Genera with 179 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18389SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18335SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Dryodromia Rondani, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 185042SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies49SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 18376SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 185051SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Denmark
179 Species
Chelifera astigma Collin, 1927
Chelifera concinnicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera flavella (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelifera pectinicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera prectoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Clinocera) appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) wesmaeli Macquart, 1835
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dryodromia testacea Rondani, 1856
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Anacrostichus) nitida Meigen, 1804
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) hyalipennis Fallen, 1816
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) acinerea Chvala, 1985
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) decora Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) laminata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) rufiventris Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) serotina Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) staegeri Collin, 1963
Empis (Empis) syrovatkai Chvala, 1985
Empis (Euempis) picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) rustica Fallen, 1816
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) aemula Loew, 1873
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis (Xanthempis) univittata Loew, 1867
Empis flava (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Rhamphomyia flava Fallen, 1816
Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis poecilosoma Melander, 1946
Empis pulvillata H. Loew, 1850
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Gloma hirta H. Loew, 1850
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Heleodromia (Illiesiella) foveata R. Wagner, 2000
Heleodromia starki C. Hoffeins, 1997
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hilara aartseni Chvala, 1997
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albitarsis von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara angustifrons Strobl, 1892
Hilara barbipes Frey, 1908
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara bistriata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clavipes Harris, 1776
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara coracina Oldenberg, 1916
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara discalis Chvala, 1997
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara gallica Meigen, 1804
Hilara gooti Chvala, 1999
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara lasiochira Strobl, 1892
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara longifurca (Strobl, 1892)⇒ Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara longivittata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara lundbecki (Frey, 1913)⇒ Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara medeteriformis Collin, 1961
Hilara morata Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigritarsis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara nigrocincta De Meijere, 1935
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara pseudosartrix Strobl, 1892
Hilara quadrifasciata Chvala, 2002
Hilara quadrula Chvala, 2002
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara sturmii Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara subpollinosa (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Ragas baltica Sinclair & H..., 2013
Ragas bizarra Hoffeins & al., 2015
Ragas eocenica Sinclair & H..., 2013
Ragas succinea Sinclair & H..., 2013
Ragas ulrichi Sinclair & H..., 2013
Ragas unica Walker, 1837
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) hirsutipes Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) culicina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) lamellata Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) sciarina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) trigemina Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) nodipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) poissoni Trehen, 1966
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albitarsis Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) amoena Loew, 1840
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) unguiculata Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) laevipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) plumipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) trilineata Zetterstedt, 1859
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia cana Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia distans H. Loew, 1850
Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia ungulina H. Loew, 1850
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) impudica (Mik, 1880)⇒ Wiedemannia simplex Loew, 1862

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Denmark
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
5
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
142
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
2
8
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