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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Guanacaste National Park (Guanacaste, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
382
5878
9993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
381
5877
9993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
369
5825
9883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
268
5198
9108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
70
781
911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
56
697
810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
106
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
38
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
8
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Guanacaste National Park
8 Genera with 4 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 1822
0SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1955Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19852SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Guanacaste National Park
4 Species
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) beckeriella Chvala, 1985

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Guanacaste National Park
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
0
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