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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Leeds and Grenville (Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
454
3882
7063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
453
3881
7062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
432
3793
6894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
309
3271
6060
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
86
811
1494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
65
579
1073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
84
130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
43
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
8
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Leeds and Grenville
8 Genera with 11 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Opeatocerata Melander, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Leeds and Grenville
11 Species
Chelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
Chelipoda elongata Melander, 1902
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera lineata Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis pallida Loew, 1861
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Opeatocerata hadrophallus Câmara & Raf..., 2014
Rhamphomyia longicauda Loew, 1861Long-tailed Dance Fly

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Leeds and Grenville
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
6
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