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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
105
2119
11931
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
85
1661
8714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
356
2122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
89
522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
16
79
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
16 Genera with 79 Species
Brachystoma Meigen, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19954SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 194010SpeciesTaxom
Drymodromia Becker, 19406SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 196922SpeciesTaxom
Fur Jones, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 194013SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1910Balloon Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Obstinocephala Garrett Jones, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19715SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Stuckenbergomyia1SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19404SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
79 Species
Brachystoma flavella Wagner & And..., 1995
Brachystoma mite Jones, 1940
Clinocera aquatica Becker, 1914
Clinocera chaniae Jones, 1940
Clinocera thompsoni Jones, 1940
Clinocera usambarica Wagner & And..., 1995
Dolichocephala afflicta Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala combinata Becker, 1914
Dolichocephala fugitivus Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala fuscilanx Garrett Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala fuscillanx Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala humanitatis Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala maculatissima Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala rarinota Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala sparsa Becker, 1914
Dolichocephala tali Jones, 1940
Drymodromia bimaculata Wagner & And..., 1995
Drymodromia flaviventris Wagner & And..., 1995
Drymodromia gahinga Jones, 1940
Drymodromia jeanneli Becker, 1914
Drymodromia plurabella Jones, 1940
Drymodromia seticosta Jones, 1940
Empis (Coptophlebia) aberdarensis Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) barbitos Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) cuthbertsoni Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Coptophlebia) edwardsi Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) lyra Smith, 1967
Empis (Coptophlebia) namwamba Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) vetula Smith, 1969
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Leptempis) lindneri Oldenberg, 1925
Empis adamsi Smith, 1967
Empis chrysocera Collin, 1930
Empis dingaani Smith, 1969
Empis glandis Smith, 1969
Empis machipandensis Smith, 1969
Empis poecilosoma Melander, 1946
Empis portia Smith, 1971
Empis spungaberaensis Daugeron & G..., 2003
Empis subnitida Becker, 1914
Empis validis Adams, 1905
Empis vumba Smith, 1969
Fur fugitivus Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia denticulata Wagner & And..., 1995
Hemerodromia duce Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia goya Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia icenae Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia maia Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia portia Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia resurrecta Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia susana Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia tarda Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia ultima Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia ursula Jones, 1940
Hilara chiragrica Speiser, 1910
Hilara fortis Becker, 1914
Hilara lucidifrons Becker, 1909
Hilara philina Speiser, 1910
Hilarempis imbeza Smith, 1969
Hilarempis msingi Smith, 1967
Kowarzia chaniae Garrett Jones, 1940
Kowarzia thompsoni Garrett Jones, 1940
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Obstinocephala tali Jones, 1940
Rhamphomyia collini Smith, 1971
Rhamphomyia empidiformis Becker, 1909
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhamphomyia rhodesiensis Collin, 1938
Rhamphomyia taylori Smith, 1971
Roederiodes tanzaniae Wagner & And..., 1995
Stuckenbergomyia tumbinensis Smith, 1969
Wiedemannia gorongoza Smith, 1969
Wiedemannia kenyae Sinclair, 1999
Wiedemannia reducta Jones, 1940
Wiedemannia submarina Jones, 1940

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in East Africa
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
5
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
19
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