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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Fairfield County (Connecticut, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
242
1258
1913
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
242
1258
1913
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
227
1213
1831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
163
1069
1653
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
34
90
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
28
75
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
21
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
2
4
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
3
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Fairfield County (Connecticut)
3 Genera with 10 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 0Balloon Flies8SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fairfield County (Connecticut)
10 Species
Chelipoda praestans Melander, 1947India mustard
Hilara augusta
Hilara brunnea (Collin, 1961)⇒ Hilara recedens Walker, 1851
Hilara caesia
Hilara celadophila
Hilara gladiacauda
Hilara hamata
Hilara pellopteryx
Hilara raptor
Rhamphomyia longicauda Loew, 1861Long-tailed Dance Fly

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Fairfield County (Connecticut)
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
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