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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Fennoscandia (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
532
7530
35199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
530
7524
35189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
507
7448
35013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
357
6306
31612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
99
1595
10296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
75
1043
6218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
130
898
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
5
80
760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
15
232
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Fennoscandia
15 Genera with 232 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18389SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18154SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 191311SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 20128SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 186928SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19634SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18305SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1999Balloon Flies54SpeciesTaxom
Hormopeza Zetterstedt, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 189593SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18269SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fennoscandia
232 Species
Chelifera astigma Collin, 1927
Chelifera concinnicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera flavella (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelifera frigelii Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera subangusta Collin, 1961
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Chelipoda inexpectata Tuomikoski, 1966
Chelipoda inexspectata Tuomikoski, 1966
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Clinocera) appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) wesmaeli Macquart, 1835
Clinocera (Kowarzia) barbatula Mik, 1880
Clinocera alta
Clinocera aucta Zetterstedt, 1849
Clinocera lapponica Ringdahl, 1933
Clinocera lecta Melander, 1902
Clinocera nivalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera simplicinervis (Frey, 1913)⇒ Clinocera appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838
Dolichocephala bartaki Wagner, 1998
Dolichocephala bellstedti Joost, 1985
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala oblongoguttata Dale, 1878
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala thomasi Wagner, 1983
Dolichocephala woodi Sinclair & M..., 2012
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Coptophlebia) hyalipennis Fallen, 1816
Empis (Empis) acinerea Chvala, 1985
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) laminata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) staegeri Collin, 1963
Empis (Empis) syrovatkai Chvala, 1985
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 (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Xanthempis) aemula Loew, 1873
Empis (Xanthempis) diagramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) laetabilis Collin, 1926
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis (Xanthempis) univittata Loew, 1867
Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) albocincta Boheman, 1863
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) longicornis Meigen, 1822
Heleodromia boreoalpina Saigusa, 1963
Hemerodromia adulatoria Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hilara abdominalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara albitarsis von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara barbipes Frey, 1908
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara bistriata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara campinosensis Niesiolowski, 1986
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara carbonella Zetterstedt, 1859
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clavipes Harris, 1776
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara coracina Oldenberg, 1916
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara diversipes Strobl, 1892
Hilara eviana Straka, 1976
Hilara femorella Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara gallica Meigen, 1804
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara hirta Strobl, 1892
Hilara hybrida Collin, 1961
Hilara hyposeta Straka, 1967
Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara lapponica Chvala, 2002
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara longifurca (Strobl, 1892)⇒ Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara longivittata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara medeteriformis Collin, 1961
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigritarsis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara nitidorella Chvala, 1997
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara obscuritarsis Zetterstedt, 1859
Hilara pilipes Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pulchripes Frey, 1913
Hilara quadrifaria Strobl, 1892
Hilara quadrifasciata Chvala, 2002
Hilara scrobiculata Loew, 1873
Hilara sturmii Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara submaura Collin, 1927
Hilara tanythrix Frey, 1913
Hilara tenella Fallen, 1816
Hilara tenuinervis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara woodiella Chvala, 1999
Hormopeza copulifera Melander, 1928
Hormopeza obliterata Zetterstedt, 1838
Kowarzia barbatula (Mik, 1880)⇒ Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Ragas unica Walker, 1837
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) galactoptera Strobl, 1893
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) bohemica Barták & Kub..., 2012
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) culicina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) sciarina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) trigemina Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) dudai Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) strobli Bartak, 1985
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomala Oldenberg, 1915
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalina (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia anomala Oldenberg, 1915
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) gufitar Frey, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) nodipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) paradoxa Wahlberg, 1844
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) aethiops Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albidiventris Strobl, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albissima Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albitarsis Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) alpina (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia strobli Bartak, 1985
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) amoena Loew, 1840
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) angulifera Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) aperta Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) breviventris Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caudata (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia aethiops Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) chibinensis Frey, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) cribrata Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) dentata Oldenberg, 1910
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) fascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) filicaudula Frey, 1949
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) fuscipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) fuscula Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) helleni Frey, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) lapponica Frey, 1955
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) lividiventris Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) longestylata Frey, 1916
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) lucidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) modesta Wahlberg, 1844
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) murina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) niveipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscuripennis Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) plumifera Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) poplitea Wahlberg, 1844
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) praestans Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pusilla Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia lapponica Frey, 1955
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) subglaucella Frey, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tipularia Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) unguiculata Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) albonigra Frey, 1950
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) albosegmentata Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) coracina Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) czizeki Bartak, 1982
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) dorsata (Becker, 1915)⇒ Rhamphomyia czizeki Bartak, 1982
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) hambergi Frey, 1916
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) ignobilis Zetterstedt, 1859
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) laevipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) latifrons Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia albosegmentata Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) palmeni Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) plumipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) reflexa Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) trilineata Zetterstedt, 1859
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia cribata Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia currani Steyskal, 1964Martin's ceanothus
Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Wiedemannia (Eucelidia) zetterstedti Fallen, 1826
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) bohemani Zetterstedt, 1838
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) simplex Loew, 1862
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) copulifera Melander, 1927
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) obliterata Zetterstedt, 1838
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) unica Walker, 1837
Wiedemannia orientalis Vaillant, 1964
Wiedemannia zetterstedtii Fallen, 1826

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Fennoscandia
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
5
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
175
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


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