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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
647
11006
52621
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
643
10985
52537
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
613
10885
52243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
8889
45652
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
103
1702
7866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
80
1201
5545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
227
1439
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
91
783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
20
299
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Italy
20 Genera with 299 Species
Bergenstammia Mik, 19896SpeciesTaxom
Brachystoma Meigen, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 183810SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 189329SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18544SpeciesTaxom
Dryodromia Rondani, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 189980SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18165SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies56SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 192867SpeciesTaxom
Roederia Brauer & Ber..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 03SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 198529SpeciesTaxom
Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Italy
299 Species and 2 Subspecies
Bergenstammia aurinae Pusch & Wagner, 1993
Bergenstammia frigida Vaillant, 1964
Bergenstammia multiseta (Strobl, 1893)⇒ Clinocera multiseta Strobl, 1893
Bergenstammia nudimana Vaillant, 1973
Bergenstammia nudipes Loew, 1858
Bergenstammia pulla Vaillant & W..., 1989
Brachystoma vesiculosum Fabricius, 1794
Chelifera alpina Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera astigma Collin, 1927
Chelifera flavella (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera serraticauda Engel, 1939
Chelifera serraticauda meridionalis Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera serraticauda serraticauda Engel, 1939
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Clinocera) appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Clinocera) rufipes (Bezzi, 1899)⇒ Clinocera nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Clinocera) schremmeri Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) wesmaeli Macquart, 1835
Clinocera (Kowarzia) barbatula Mik, 1880
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) calabria Wagner, 1994
Clinocera (Kowarzia) fonticola Wagner, 1995
Clinocera (Kowarzia) italia
Clinocera (Kowarzia) madicola Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera (Kowarzia) plectrum Mik, 1880
Clinocera (Kowarzia) rivalis Wagner, 1995
Clinocera (Kowarzia) sandaliae Wagner, 1984
Clinocera (Kowarzia) tenella (Wahlberg, 1844)⇒ Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Clinocera (Kowarzia) tibiella Mik, 1880
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) dimidiata Loew, 1869
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) inermis Loew, 1861
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) maculata Loew, 1860
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) montana Vaillant, 1973
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) orophila Vaillant, 1973
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) pokornyi Mik, 1886
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) ramosa Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) trinotata Mik, 1869
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) vaillanti Wagner, 1982
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) varipennis Nowicki, 1868
Clinocera italiae Wagner, 1995
Clinocera multiseta Strobl, 1893
Dolichocephala austriaca Vaillant, 1968
Dolichocephala basilicata Wagner, 1995
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dryodromia testacea Rondani, 1856
Empis (Anacrostichus) bistortae Meigen, 1822
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Anacrostichus) monticola Loew, 1868
Empis (Anacrostichus) nitida Meigen, 1804
Empis (Coptophlebia) abbreviata Loew, 1869
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) leptomorion Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Coptophlebia) pavesii Bezzi, 1895
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) alampra Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) alpicola Strobl, 1893
Empis (Empis) baldensis Strobl, 1899
Empis (Empis) ciliatipennata Strobl, 1893
Empis (Empis) corvina Loew, 1869
Empis (Empis) dasypoda Egger, 1860
Empis (Empis) decora Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) florisomna Loew, 1856
Empis (Empis) genualis Strobl, 1893
Empis (Empis) hystrix Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) lepidopus Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) maerens Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) nigricoma Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nigritibialis Strobl, 1898
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) procera Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) protarsalis Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) pusio Egger, 1860
Empis (Empis) scaura Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) sicula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) tanysphyra Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) woodi Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) calcarata Bezzi, 1899
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) erosa Loew, 1869
Empis (Euempis) picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis (Euempis) sericans Brullé, 1832
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) algira Macquart, 1838
Empis (Kritempis) macropalpa Egger, 1860
Empis (Leptempis) adusta Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) affinis (Egger, 1860)⇒ Empis opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Leptempis) alpina Loew, 1867
Empis (Leptempis) confusa Loew, 1865
Empis (Leptempis) dimidiata (Meigen, 1835)⇒ Empis loewiana Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Leptempis) discolor Loew, 1856
Empis (Leptempis) flavitarsis von Roser, 1840
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) maculata Fabricius, 1781
Empis (Leptempis) mesogramma Loew, 1867
Empis (Leptempis) nigricans Meigen, 1804
Empis (Leptempis) pteropoda Egger, 1860
Empis (Lissempis) cuneipennis Bezzi, 1899
Empis (Lissempis) liosoma Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Pachymeria) picena Bezzi, 1899
Empis (Pachymeria) scotica Curtis, 1835
Empis (Pachymeria) tumida Meigen, 1822
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) aequalis Loew, 1873
Empis (Xanthempis) albifrons Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Xanthempis) diagramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) kuntzei Becker, 1910
Empis (Xanthempis) loewiana Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) semicinerea Loew, 1867
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) styriaca Strobl, 1893
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis hyalea Melander, 1946
Empis sibillina Bezzi, 1899
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) irwini Wagner, 1985
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) oldenbergi Wagner, 1985
Hemerodromia baetica Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gereckei Wagner, 1995
Hemerodromia gerecki Wagner, 1993
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hilara aeronetha Mik, 1892
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albitarsis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara bistriata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara bovina Becker, 1910
Hilara brevipilosa Collin, 1966
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara caerulescens Oldenberg, 1916
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cilipes (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara coracina Oldenberg, 1916
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara cuneata Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara dimidiata Strobl, 1892
Hilara discolor Strobl, 1892
Hilara femorella Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara gallica Meigen, 1804
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara hystrix Strobl, 1892
Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara intersticta Fallen, 1816
Hilara lasiochira Strobl, 1892
Hilara longivittata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara lundbecki (Frey, 1913)⇒ Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara matronella Straka, 1976
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara mediterranea Chvala, 2008
Hilara miriptera Straka, 1976
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrohirta Collin, 1927
Hilara perversa Oldenberg, 1916
Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara pruinosa Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara sartor Becker, 1888
Hilara scrobiculata Loew, 1873
Hilara spiniplatyura Chvala, 2008
Hilara strobliana (Bezzi, 1899)⇒ Hilara cuneata Loew, 1873
Hilara tanythrix Frey, 1913
Hilara tenella Fallen, 1816
Hilara triglavensis Straka, 1976
Hilara tyrolensis Strobl, 1892
Hilara veneta Collin, 1966
Hilara woodi (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilarempis stenostoma Collin, 1933
Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Metachela nigriventris Loew, 1864
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) andalusiaca Strobl, 1899
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) clypeata Macquart, 1834
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) eupterota Loew, 1873
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) galactoptera Strobl, 1893
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) leptopus Loew, 1873
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) minor Oldenberg, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) nox Oldenberg, 1917
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) nubes Collin, 1969
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) umbripes Becker, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) claripennis Oldenberg, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) crassicauda Strobl, 1893
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) aterrima Frey, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) australis Frey, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) brevistylata Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) magellensis Frey, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) nigripes (Strobl, 1898)⇒ Rhamphomyia crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) rupestris Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) tumiditarsis Oldenberg, 1917
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) poissoni Trehen, 1966
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) dentata Oldenberg, 1910
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) modesta Wahlberg, 1844
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) nudipes Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) praestans Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) albosegmentata Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) anthracina (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Rhamphomyia vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) armimana Oldenberg, 1910
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) aucta Oldenberg, 1917
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) brevipila Oldenberg, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) chionoptera Bezzi, 1904
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) crassimana Strobl, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) crinita Becker, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) curvinervis Oldenberg, 1915
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) discoidalis Becker, 1889
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) hirtimana Oldenberg, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) loewi Nowicki, 1868
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) luridipennis Nowicki, 1868
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) melania Becker, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) montana Oldenberg, 1915
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia albosegmentata Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nubigena Bezzi, 1904
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) scitula Frey, 1922
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) serpentata Loew, 1856
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) siebecki Strobl, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subdolomitica Bartak, 1981
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) tibialis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) ursina (Oldenberg, 1915)⇒ Rhamphomyia ursinella Melander, 1928
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia sellacrinita Bartak, 2007
Rhamphomyia ursinella Melander, 1928
Roederia czernyii
Roederiodes gereckei Wagner & Horvat, 1993
Roederiodes gerecki Wagner & Horvat, 1993
Roederiodes oldenbergi
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) alpina (Engel, 1918)⇒ Wiedemannia brevilamellata Wagner, 1985
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) beckeri Mik, 1889
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) hastata Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) lota Walker, 1851
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) mikiana Bezzi, 1899
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) zwicki Wagner, 1982
Wiedemannia (Eucedilia) pirata Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia (Eucedilia) zetterstedti Fallen, 1826
Wiedemannia (Eucelidia) pirata Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia (Eucelidia) zetterstedti Fallen, 1826
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) bohemani Zetterstedt, 1838
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) erminea Mik, 1887
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) fallaciosa (Loew, 1873)⇒ Wiedemannia simplex Loew, 1862
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) hygrobia Loew, 1858
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) impudica (Mik, 1880)⇒ Wiedemannia simplex Loew, 1862
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) phantasma Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) quercifolia Engel, 1918
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) simplex Loew, 1862
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) zwicki Wagner, 1982
Wiedemannia (Pseudowiedemannia) armata Engel, 1918
Wiedemannia (Roederella) czernyi Bezzi, 1905
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bilobata Oldenberg, 1910
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) braueri Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) brevilamellata Wagner, 1985
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) dolichocephala Vaillant, 1964
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) oxystoma Bezzi, 1905
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) rhynchops Nowicki, 1868
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) stylifera Mik, 1889
Wiedemannia brevilamelata Wagner, 1985

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Italy
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
7
76
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
204
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
5
16
Genera
Species

Taxom



Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


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