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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1521
7930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
1043
4219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
201
1031
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
60
287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
13
63
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
13 Genera with 63 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 200410SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20048SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 191314SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 20077SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1913Balloon Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Proclinopyga var.flavicox..., 19131SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20025SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Trichoclinocera Collin, 20042SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
63 Species
Chelifera accomodata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera brevidigitata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera curvata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera digitata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera haeselbarthae Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera insueta Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera multiseta Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera multisetoides Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera rhombicercus Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera stauderae Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelipoda flavida Brunetti, 1913
Chelipoda indica Brunetti, 1913
Clinocera cuspidata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera fluviatilis Brunetti, 1913
Clinocera longicercus Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera lunata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera lunatoides Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera marginesetosa Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera setosa Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera sinclairi Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Dolichocephala argus Melander, 1928
Dolichocephala panesari Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Dolichocephala rotundinota Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Dolichocephala septemontata Brunetti, 1913
Empis (Coptophlebia) amplitarsis Brunetti, 1920
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis centralis Brunetti, 1913
Empis elegans Brunetti, 1913
Empis griseonigra Brunetti, 1913
Empis inconspicua Brunetti, 1913
Empis marginata (Brunetti, 1917)⇒ Rhamphomyia marginata Fabricius, 1787
Empis rostrata Brunetti, 1913
Empis subcilipes Brunetti, 1913
Heleodromia baculifera Tokarczyk & ..., 1986
Heleodromia obscura Brunetti, 1913
Heleodromia rami Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Hemerodromia chitaoides Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia dorsalis Brunetti, 1913
Hemerodromia elongatiodes Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Hemerodromia fibrina Landry & Harper, 1985Woodside buckwheat
Hemerodromia rhomboides Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Hemerodromia subspinosa Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hilara bares Walker, 1849
Hilara compacta Brunetti, 1913
Hilara rufithorax Brunetti, 1913
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Proclinopyga fusca Brunetti, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia griseonigra Brunetti, 1913
Rhamphomyia himalayana Brunetti, 1913
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia rivalis Bartak, 2002
Roederiodes bilobatus Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Roederiodes naggarense Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Roederiodes schwoerbeli Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Trichoclinocera glaucescens Brunetti, 1917
Trichoclinocera serrata Wagner, Lees..., 2004

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in India
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
6
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
19
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