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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Greece (Southeast Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
567
7483
24197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
563
7468
24174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
536
7367
23955
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
352
5928
20399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
86
899
2459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
67
694
1836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
212
686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
42
106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Greece
9 Genera with 46 Species
Champaedipsia1SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 183322SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1833Balloon Flies8SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19996SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19903SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Greece
46 Species
Champaedipsia minor
Chelifera prectoria Fallen, 1816
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala cretica Wagner, 1995
Dolichocephala vaillanti Wagner, 1995
Empis (Coptophlebia) corcyrica Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Empis) praecox Loew, 1867
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) sericans Brullé, 1832
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Leptempis) adusta Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) confusa Loew, 1865
Empis (Leptempis) lamellimmanis Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Leptempis) macra Loew, 1867
Empis (Leptempis) multispina Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Lissempis) insularis Chvala, 2003
Empis (Polyblepharis) cothurnata Brullé, 1832
Empis (Polyblepharis) dasynota Loew, 1869
Empis (Polyblepharis) dedecor Loew, 1869
Empis (Polyblepharis) engeli Chvala, 1999
Empis (Polyblepharis) lugubris Loew, 1869
Empis (Polyblepharis) nigerrima Loew, 1862
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) testiculata Bezzi, 1909
Empis fuscipes Gmelin, 1790
Empis induta Bezzi, 1909
Empis unicolor (Brullé, 1833)⇒ Empis nigritibialis Strobl, 1898
Hilara ancylura
Hilara anisochaeta
Hilara bernmerzi Chvala, 2008
Hilara fusitibia Strobl, 1899
Hilara infuscata Brullé, 1832
Hilara pulvis
Hilara spectabilis Chvala, 2008
Hilara sublineata Brullé, 1833
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) kerteszi Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) biroi Bezzi, 1908
Rhamphomyia hyalina Brullé, 1833
Rhamphomyia olympiana Bartak, 1999
Roederiodes malickyi Wagner, 1981
Roederiodes siveci Wagner & Horvat, 1993
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) ariadne Wagner, 1981
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) dyonysica Vaillant, 1990
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) graeca Vaillant & W..., 1990

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Greece
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
36
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