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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Hickling Broad (Norfolk Broads, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
159
651
1097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
159
651
1097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
153
636
1071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
129
598
1022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
49
224
418
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
38
194
368
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
4
37
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
35
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Hickling Broad
7 Genera with 12 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1822Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18302SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Hickling Broad
12 Species
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Hickling Broad
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
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