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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Halifax County (Nova Scotia, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
338
2069
3082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
337
2067
3080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
322
2012
2991
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
1775
2697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
67
417
508
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
53
294
364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
40
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
25
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Halifax County (Nova Scotia)
4 Genera with 5 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18641SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Halifax County (Nova Scotia)
5 Species
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Rhamphomyia umbrosa Loew, 1864

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Halifax County (Nova Scotia)
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
3
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