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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Metropolitan France (France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
752
9687
27461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
749
9681
27454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
9430
26835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
7648
23452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
110
1274
3379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
82
914
2267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
191
481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
76
301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
18
83
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Metropolitan France
18 Genera with 83 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18624SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19645SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 200023SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18304SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies17SpeciesTaxom
Hilarites Heer, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Microphorites Hennig, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 19471SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Philolutra Mik, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 195917SpeciesTaxom
Tachista Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Metropolitan France
83 Species
Chelifera flavella (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera serraticauda Engel, 1939
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Clinocera (Clinocera) schremmeri Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) vaillanti Wagner, 1982
Clinocera disjuncta Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera frigida Vaillant, 1964
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala thomasi Wagner, 1983
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) bohemica Chvala & Syr..., 1989
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) staegeri Collin, 1963
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Xanthempis) laetabilis Collin, 1926
Empis (Xanthempis) montivaga Daugeron, 2000
Empis (Xanthempis) semicinerea Loew, 1867
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis brandti Shamshev & G..., 2005
Empis colonica Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Empis macrorrhyncha Philippi, 1865
Empis pseudosemicinerea Daugeron, 2000
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Gloma fuscipes Melander, 1945Mediterranean cabbage
Heleodromia pullata Melander, 1902
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hilara abdominalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara barbipes Frey, 1908
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara diversipes Strobl, 1892
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara heerii F. Meunier, 1915
Hilara hybrida Collin, 1961
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Hilara nigritarsis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara submaura Collin, 1927
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Hilarites bellus O. Heer, 1856
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Microphorites deploegi A. Nel, 2004
Microphorites erikai Bramuzzo & Nel, 2017
Neoplasta alleghani (Melander, 1947)⇒ Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Oreogeton basalis Loew, 1856
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalina (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia anomala Oldenberg, 1915
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) poplitea Wahlberg, 1844
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) unguiculata Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) trilineata Zetterstedt, 1859
Rhamphomyia praecipua Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Metropolitan France
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
2
3
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