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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
569
8211
23107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
566
8203
23100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
8080
22778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
342
6365
19175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
89
883
2665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
70
718
1601
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
112
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
39
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
14
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecuador
14 Genera with 19 Species
Apalocnemis Philippi, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Cerathybos Bezzi, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 1822
0SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1955Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Macrostomus Wiedemann, 20065SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 1947
0SpeciesTaxom
Opeatocerata Melander, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19052SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
19 Species
Apalocnemis halterata (Becker, 1919)⇒ Apalocnemis plorator Collin, 1933
Apalocnemis plorator Collin, 1933
Atrichopleura argyriventris Becker, 1919
Cerathybos bezzii Ale-Rocha, 2002
Clinocera collini Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera naomina Sinclair, 2008
Empis (Empis) scaura Loew, 1867
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Hilarempis argentula Becker, 1919
Hilarempis quadrifaria Becker, 1919
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Macrostomus alpinus Rafael & Cum..., 2006
Macrostomus ciliaticosta Rafael & Cum..., 2006
Macrostomus lineatus Rafael & Cum..., 2006
Macrostomus penai Rafael & Cum..., 2006
Macrostomus tarsalis Rafael & Cum..., 2006
Opeatocerata cooperi Smith, 1991
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) beckeriella Chvala, 1985
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Ecuador
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
8
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
1
2
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