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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Iberian Peninsula (South Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
722
11335
39681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
718
11313
39582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
677
11140
39240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9062
33888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
108
1431
4846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
85
1046
3408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
241
936
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
83
403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
14
113
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Iberian Peninsula
14 Genera with 113 Species
Bergenstammia Mik, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Cladodromia Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19457SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182238SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 20034SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1981Balloon Flies25SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 19919SpeciesTaxom
Microphorites Hennig, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 195018SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19904SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iberian Peninsula
113 Species
Bergenstammia thomasi Vaillant & V..., 1998
Chelifera nubecula Becker, 1908
Chelifera vockerothi Vaillant & C..., 1973
Cladodromia semilugens Philippi, 1865
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera amarantha Becker, 1908
Clinocera azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera dahli Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera dieuzedei Vaillant, 1953
Clinocera jalonae Wagner, 1984
Clinocera storai Frey, 1945
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) confluens Becker, 1907
Empis (Coptophlebia) coracina Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Coptophlebia) gravis Wiedemann, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) lyra Smith, 1967
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) volucris (Wiedemann, 1822)⇒ Empis aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) ardesiaca Wiedemann, 1822
Empis (Empis) cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Empis (Empis) decorella Chvala, 1981
Empis (Empis) dusmetii Strobl, 1909
Empis (Empis) lyneborgi Chvala, 1981
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) ptilopoda Wiedemann, 1822
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) mirandica Chvala, 1981
Empis (Euempis) morenae Strobl, 1899
Empis (Euempis) morio Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Euempis) pilicornis Loew, 1867
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Leptempis) abdominalis Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Leptempis) sinuosa Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Lissempis) insularis Chvala, 2003
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) algeciracensis Strobl, 1909
Empis (Xanthempis) algecirasensis Strobl, 1909
Empis (Xanthempis) dispina Chvala, 1996
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) nevadensis Chvala, 1981
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis caceresensis Daugeron, 2000
Empis flava (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Rhamphomyia flava Fallen, 1816
Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis moncayoensis Daugeron, 2000
Empis umbrina Wiedemann, 1822
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gaditana Wagner & Cobo, 2001
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia wagneri Cobo & Carreira, 2003
Hilara algecirasensis Strobl, 1899
Hilara almeriensis Strobl, 1906
Hilara autumnalis Chvala, 2008
Hilara balearica Chvala, 2008
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara cuneata Loew, 1873
Hilara escorialensis Strobl, 1909
Hilara fusitibia Strobl, 1899
Hilara lindbergi Vaillant, 1963
Hilara longeciliata Strobl, 1906
Hilara marginipennis Strobl, 1909
Hilara martini Chvala, 1981
Hilara mediterranea Chvala, 2008
Hilara neolitorea Chvala, 2008
Hilara palmarum Strobl, 1906
Hilara ponti Chvala, 1982
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara pygialis Chvala, 2008
Hilara quadriclavata Strobl, 1899
Hilara royoi J. Gil Collado, 1926
Hilara schachti Chvala, 2008
Hilara strakai Chvala, 1981
Hilara strobliana (Bezzi, 1899)⇒ Hilara cuneata Loew, 1873
Hilara trigemina Strobl, 1909
Hilara veletica Chvala, 1981
Hilarempis stenostoma Collin, 1933
Kowarzia azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia biacuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia dahli Vaillant, 1964
Kowarzia haemorrhoidalis (Becker, 1908)⇒ Clinocera haemorrhoidalis Becker, 1908
Kowarzia maderensis Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia rabacali Frey, 1940
Kowarzia sexmaculata Frey, 1945
Kowarzia storai Frey, 1945
Kowarzia tetracuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Microphorites utrillensis A. Arillo, 2008
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) andalusiaca Strobl, 1899
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) gibbifera Strobl, 1906
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) morenae Strobl, 1899
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) granadensis Chvala, 1981
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) poissoni Trehen, 1966
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) hercynica Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia chinoptera Bezzi, 1904
Rhamphomyia dentipes (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia transversipyga Frey, 1950
Rhamphomyia pseudocrinita Strobl, 1909
Rhamphomyia saniculae (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Rhamphomyia flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia tenuipes Becker, 1907
Rhamphomyia transversipyga Frey, 1950
Roederiodes longirostris Frey, 1940
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) tiburica Wagner & Cobo, 2001
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) veletica Vaillant & C..., 1973
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) falcifera Vaillant, 1967
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) nevadensis Wagner, 1990

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Iberian Peninsula
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
6
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
82
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
7
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