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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Nairn (Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
127
377
516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
127
377
516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
120
365
504
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
87
284
399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
30
85
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
20
52
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
3
9
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
1
4
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nairn
4 Genera with 6 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 19613SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19271SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nairn
6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chelifera erecta (Collin, 1927)⇒ Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera subangusta Collin, 1961
Empis (Anacrostichus) verralli Collin, 1927
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Wiedemannia rhynchops insularis Collin, 1927

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Nairn
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
3
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