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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Macaronesia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
526
5757
13395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
522
5738
13355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
504
5673
13247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
319
4508
10911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
912
2398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
70
629
1598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
141
446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
48
181
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
14
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Macaronesia
14 Genera with 47 Species
Amictoides Bourgogne, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Cladodromia Bezzi, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 199112SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 186810SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1908Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 19919SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Sphicosa Philippi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Macaronesia
47 Species
Amictoides breviventris Philippi, 1865
Atrichopleura tephrodes Philippi, 1865
Chelifera nubecula Becker, 1908
Cladodromia bicolor Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia flavipes Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia pratincola Philippi, 1865
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera amarantha Becker, 1908
Clinocera azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera biacuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera dahli Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera haemorrhoidalis Becker, 1908
Clinocera maderensis Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera rabacali Frey, 1940
Clinocera sexmculata Frey, 1945
Clinocera storai Frey, 1945
Clinocera tetracuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) similis Becker, 1908
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis basilaris Becker, 1908
Empis dumetorum Philippi, 1865
Empis fulvicollis Collin, 1933
Empis lasionota (Loew, 1869)⇒ Empis picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis montezuma Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis pachymerina Schiner, 1868
Hemerodromia claripennis Frey, 1958
Hilara empidoides Frey, 1958
Hilara laurae Becker, 1908
Hilarempis dumicola Philippi, 1865
Kowarzia azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia biacuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Kowarzia dahli Vaillant, 1964
Kowarzia haemorrhoidalis (Becker, 1908)⇒ Clinocera haemorrhoidalis Becker, 1908
Kowarzia maderensis Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia rabacali Frey, 1940
Kowarzia sexmaculata Frey, 1945
Kowarzia tetracuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Roederiodes longirostris Frey, 1940
Roederiodes longistris Frey, 1940
Sphicosa nigra Philippi, 1865
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) lagunae Becker, 1908

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Macaronesia
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
16
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