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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Glacier National Park (Montana, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
238
934
1155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
238
934
1155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
226
911
1117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
176
775
950
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
55
245
271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
41
153
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
5
22
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
15
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Glacier National Park
7 Genera with 9 Species
Boreodromia Coquillett, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Glacier National Park
9 Species
Boreodromia bicolor Loew, 1863
Clinocera olivacea Melander, 1928
Clinocera subtrunca Sinclair, 2008
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Heleodromia chillcotti Sinclair, 2012
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Oreogeton capnopterus Melander, 1928
Rhamphomyia praecipua Bartak, 2002

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Glacier National Park
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
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