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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Manitoba (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
459
4782
12306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
457
4778
12302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
436
4697
12108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
323
4059
10669
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
942
2351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
69
656
1604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
111
249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
57
161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
14
39
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Manitoba
14 Genera with 39 Species
Apalocnemis Philippi, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20083SpeciesTaxom
Cretoplatypalpus Kovalev, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18614SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1838Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Mesoplatypalpus Grimaldi & C..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 189514SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Manitoba
39 Species
Apalocnemis canadambris Grimaldi & C..., 1999
Chelifera chvalai Wagner, 1984
Chelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
Chelipoda elongata Melander, 1902
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera (Clinocera) appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera brunnea Sinclair, 2008
Cretoplatypalpus americanus D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Dolichocephala chillcotti Sinclair & M..., 2012
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis pallida Loew, 1861
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) irwini Wagner, 1985
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia fibrina Landry & Harper, 1985Woodside buckwheat
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia rogatoris Coquillett, 1895
Hilara argentata Saigusa, 1963
Hilara pilipes Zetterstedt, 1838
Mesoplatypalpus carpenteri D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) plumifera Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pusilla Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nigrita (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia sudigeronis Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia birdi Curran, 1929
Rhamphomyia brevis Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia clavigera Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia diversipennis Becker, 1900
Rhamphomyia latilobata Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia phemius Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Rhamphomyia praecipua Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia setosa Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia valga Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia virgata Coquillett, 1895

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Manitoba
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
1
1
Genus
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