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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Nepal (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
421
4294
12421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
419
4292
12419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
401
4206
12232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
278
3568
11145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
83
549
1298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
65
426
940
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
82
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
47
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
15
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nepal
15 Genera with 32 Species
Bergenstammia Mik, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Chilcottomyia1SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19654SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19655SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1965Balloon Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Hypenella Collin, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Proclinopyga var.flavicox..., 19654SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Rhyacodromia Saigusa, 01SpeciesTaxom
Trichoclinocera Collin, 20053SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nepal
32 Species and 1 Subspecies
Bergenstammia evae Smith, K.G.V., 1965
Chelifera bakra Smith, 1965
Chelipoda bakra (Smith, 1965)⇒ Chelifera bakra Smith, 1965
Chelipoda keta Smith, 1965
Chilcottomyia nepalensis
Clinocera chilamche Smith, 1965
Clinocera evae Smith, 1965
Clinocera nadi Smith, 1965
Clinocera pani Smith, 1965
Dolichocephala flamingo Smith, 1965
Heleodromia ausobskyi Wagner, 1983
Heleodromia hilo Smith, 1965
Hemerodromia chila
Hemerodromia chita Smith, 1965
Hemerodromia lomri Smith, 1965
Hemerodromia pila Smith, 1965
Hemerodromia serpa Smith, 1965
Hilara bhiga Smith, 1965
Hilara ghunzaensis Straka & Obuch, 1984
Hilara gila Smith, 1965
Hilara khola Smith, 1965
Hypenella bhura Smith, 1965
Hypenella spumarius Smith, 1965
Proclinopyga maewa Smith, 1963
Proclinopyga occidentalis Smith, 1965
Proclinopyga seticosta Saigusa, 1963
Proclinopyga seticosta occidentalis Smith, 1965
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhyacodromia evae
Trichoclinocera glaucescens Brunetti, 1917
Trichoclinocera maewa (Smith, 1963)⇒ Proclinopyga maewa Smith, 1963
Trichoclinocera nepalensis Sinclair, 2005
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) saigusai Smith, 1965

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Nepal
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
9
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
8
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