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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region East Midlands (English Midlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
362
2626
5584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
361
2625
5583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
342
2584
5525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
270
2290
5069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
76
572
1365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
58
422
1036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
58
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
37
173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
65
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Midlands
7 Genera with 65 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182219SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies26SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 180415SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18682SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Midlands
65 Species
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
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 (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
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
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pilosa Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara primula Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) rhynchops Nowicki, 1868

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in East Midlands
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
60
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
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