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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Kwazulu-Natal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
568
7208
15765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
565
7204
15757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
537
7075
15500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
343
5723
13134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
91
998
2437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
787
1875
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
208
582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
63
126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
16
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kwazulu-Natal
16 Genera with 46 Species
Afrodromia Smith, 19694SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Brachystoma Meigen, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Drymodromia Becker, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19698SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19694SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1969Balloon Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 196911SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Stuckenbergomyia1SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19671SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kwazulu-Natal
46 Species
Afrodromia angularis Smith, 1969
Afrodromia fulgida Smith, 1969
Afrodromia genitalis Smith, 1969
Afrodromia montana Smith, 1969
Atrichopleura burchelli Smith, 1969
Atrichopleura livingstonei Smith, 1969
Atrichopleura livingstoni Smith, 1969
Brachystoma reflexiseta Smith, 1969
Brachystoma submaculatum Smith, 1969
Brachystoma truncatum Smith, 1969
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala duodecempunctata Smith, 1969
Dolichocephala fuscillanx Jones, 1940
Drymodromia simplex Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasytarsus Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) kafiri Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) vetula Smith, 1969
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis indumeni Smith, 1969
Empis natalensis Smith, 1967
Empis verae Smith, 1969
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia magogi Smith, 1969
Hemerodromia seguyi Vaillant, 1953
Hemerodromia spectabilis Smith, 1969
Hilara bicrassitibia Smith, 1969
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Hilara omega Smith, 1969
Hilara sextaseta Smith, 1969
Hilarempis basalis Smith, 1969
Hilarempis breviseta Smith, 1967
Hilarempis crassitarsus Smith, 1969
Hilarempis darglensis Smith, 1969
Hilarempis dasytibia Smith, 1969
Hilarempis evae Smith, 1969
Hilarempis fasciata Smith, 1969
Hilarempis nondescripta Smith, 1969
Hilarempis smithii Hutton, 1901
Hilarempis sordida Loew, 1858
Hilarempis trochanterata Smith, 1969
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Stuckenbergomyia secunda Smith, 1969
Wiedemannia rudebecki Smith, 1967

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Kwazulu-Natal
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
6
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
10
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