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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
473
3503
8711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
472
3502
8709
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
444
3393
8554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
289
2524
6785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
81
420
1097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
53
223
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
57
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
28
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East China
7 Genera with 20 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19953SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1998Balloon Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Hilarigona Collin, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19665SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East China
20 Species
Chelifera lateralis Yang & Yang, 1995
Chelifera sinensis Yang & Yang, 1995
Clinocera sinensis Yang & Yang, 1995
Clinocera sinica Yang & Yang, 1995
Clinocera wui Yang & Yang, 1995
Empis mandarina Frey, 1953
Hemerodromia elongata Yang & Yang, 1995
Hemerodromia nigrescens Yang & Yang, 1995
Hilara acuminata Yang & Wang, 1998
Hilara basiflava Yang & Wang, 1998
Hilara bilobata Yang & Wang, 1998
Hilara curvativa Yang & Wang, 1998
Hilara pallala Yang & Yang, 1995
Hilara zhejiangensis Yang & Wang, 1998
Hilarigona unmaculata Yang & Yang, 1995
Rhamphomyia basisetosa Saigusa, 1966
Rhamphomyia klapperichi Frey, 1953
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhamphomyia maai Saigusa, 1966
Rhamphomyia tachulanensis Saigusa, 1966

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in East China
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
4
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