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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Frontenac County (Eastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
350
2205
3194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
350
2205
3194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
332
2139
3056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
244
1835
2671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
74
524
710
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
56
360
475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
50
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
27
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Frontenac County
4 Genera with 7 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19592SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Frontenac County
7 Species
Chelipoda elongata Melander, 1902
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Rhamphomyia debilis Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Frontenac County
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
4
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