AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Monmouthshire (South Wales, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
278
1336
2291
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
278
1336
2291
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
261
1298
2233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
197
1087
1950
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
62
372
758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
282
562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
52
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
43
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Monmouthshire
9 Genera with 38 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18048SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies18SpeciesTaxom
Icasma Turner, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19266SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Monmouthshire
38 Species
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Hemerodromia laudatoria Collin, 1927
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pilosa Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Icasma aequabilis Plant, 1991
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) sciarina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Monmouthshire
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
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