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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Kristiansand (Vest Agder, Norway)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
364
2848
6569
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
362
2845
6566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
345
2809
6503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
2440
5907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
66
382
885
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
48
270
612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
55
126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
30
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kristiansand
9 Genera with 30 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 17618SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18168SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kristiansand
30 Species
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clavipes Harris, 1776
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscuripennis Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Kristiansand
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
5
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