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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
414
3689
10159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
411
3685
10153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
400
3638
10055
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
2823
8311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
62
452
1103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
49
355
785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
130
377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
30
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Morocco
7 Genera with 20 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 19565SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19975SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19564SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 2008Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19563SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Morocco
20 Species
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera dieuzedei Vaillant, 1953
Clinocera fallaciosa Loew, 1873
Clinocera maroccana Seguy, 1941
Clinocera megalatantica Vaillant, 1956
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Xanthempis) styriaca Strobl, 1893
Empis chopardi Daugeron, 1997
Empis edithae Daugeron, 1997
Empis ifranensis Daugeron, 1997
Hemerodromia bethiana Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia subapicalis Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hemerodromia tigrigrana Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia todrhana Vaillant, 1956
Hilara schachti Chvala, 2008
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) maroccana Collin, 1953
Wiedemannia azurea Vaillant, 1951
Wiedemannia litardierei Vaillant, 1956
Wiedemannia mgounica Vaillant, 1956

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Morocco
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
4
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