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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Edmonton (Edmonton Metropolitan Region, Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
387
3232
6264
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
3230
6262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
367
3161
6120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
272
2776
5580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
76
596
1029
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
58
415
748
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
57
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
25
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Edmonton (Canada)
7 Genera with 7 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Philetus Melander, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Edmonton (Canada)
7 Species
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Philetus schizophorus Melander, 1928
Rhamphomyia praecipua Bartak, 2002

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Edmonton (Canada)
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
3
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