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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Dorsetshire (Southwest England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
384
1761
2991
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
383
1760
2990
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
356
1704
2912
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
252
1445
2552
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
386
693
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
51
315
556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
46
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
28
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
5
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Dorsetshire
5 Genera with 8 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Dorsetshire
8 Species
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) praevia Collin, 1927
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913

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

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
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