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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Herefordshire (West Midlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
190
668
1286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
190
668
1286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
176
638
1246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
148
600
1201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
66
329
794
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
53
265
666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
52
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
5
45
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
75
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Herefordshire
9 Genera with 75 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 183811SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 183512SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18424SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies35SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19267SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18341SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Herefordshire
75 Species
Chelifera aperticauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera astigma Collin, 1927
Chelifera diversicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera erecta (Collin, 1927)⇒ Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera monostigma Meigen, 1822
Chelifera pectinicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera subangusta Collin, 1961
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) limata Collin, 1927English Assassin Fly
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) woodi Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hemerodromia baetica Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia laudatoria Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara albocingulata (Wood, 1913)⇒ Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara apta Collin, 1927
Hilara barbipes Frey, 1908
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clavipes Harris, 1776
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara griseifrons (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara media Collin, 1927
Hilara merula Collin, 1927
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara morata Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara quadriseta Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hilara woodi (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albitarsis Collin, 1926
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Herefordshire
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
54
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
15
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