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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
836
13899
51626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
832
13882
51607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
786
13663
51105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
477
10650
43515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
121
1812
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
89
1307
5718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
304
1633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
96
510
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
23
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Australia
23 Genera with 46 Species
#ABCEHLMNOPRST
Anaclastoctedon Plant, 2010
0SpeciesTaxom
Apalocnemis Philippi, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Asymphyloptera Collin, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Bandella Bickel, 20026SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20004SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18688SpeciesTaxom
Eugowra Bickel, 20063SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Hilaropus White, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Homalocnemis Philippi, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Hydropeza Sinclair, 1999
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Munburra Bickel, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Ptilophyllodromia Bezzi, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphella Malloch, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Sororsenexa Plant, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Thinempis Bickel, 19962SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Australia
46 Species
Apalocnemis sanguinea Hardy, 1934
Asymphyloptera quadriseta Smith, 1961
Bandella albitarsis Bickel, 2002
Bandella allynensis Bickel, 2002
Bandella cerra Bickel, 2002
Bandella maxi Bickel, 2002
Bandella montana Bickel, 2002
Bandella noorinbee Bickel, 2002
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera australiana Sinclair, 2000
Clinocera irrorata Sinclair, 2000
Clinocera queenslandica Sinclair, 2000
Clinocera rubriventris Sinclair, 2000
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Empis) alata Hardy, 1934
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis brevirostris Macquart, 1850
Empis pachypodiata Bigot, 1889
Empis thomsoni Hardy, 1942
Empis waterhousei Hardy, 1934
Empis xanthopyga Schiner, 1868
Eugowra colei Bickel, 2006
Eugowra fusca Bickel, 2006
Eugowra uniseta Bickel, 2006
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hilara balnearia White, 1916
Hilara minamurra Smith, 1960
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Hilarempis cyanescens Bezzi, 1904
Hilarempis pallidifurca White, 1916
Hilarempis peregrina White, 1916
Hilaropus peregrinus (White, 1916)⇒ Hilarempis peregrina White, 1916
Homalocnemis maculipennis Malloch, 1932
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Munburra bulbicornis Bickel, 2006
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Oreogeton heterogamus Melander, 1928
Ptilophyllodromia biroi Bezzi, 1904
Rhamphella inconspicua Malloch, 1930
Rhamphomyia albidipennis Malloch, 1930
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Sororsenexa macalpinei Plant, 2011
Thinempis minuta Bickel, 1996
Thinempis turimetta Bickel, 1996

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in East Australia
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
10
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHomalocneminae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
2
2
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