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Checklist of Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4744
11078
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4729
11035
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4620
10820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
3767
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
560
1261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
54
462
1076
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
220
644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
36
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
4 Genera with 4 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Homalocnemis Philippi, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
4 Species
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Homalocnemis namibiensis Chvala, 1991
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Namibia
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHomalocneminae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


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