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Checklist of Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
for Netherlands (Benelux)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
602
7854
25159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
599
7843
25144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
565
7707
24870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
379
6372
21716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
104
1589
5911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
81
1063
3966
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
174
826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
5
82
619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
14
199
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Netherlands
14 Genera with 199 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18154SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18335SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Dryodromya Rondani, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 057SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18427SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1999Balloon Flies67SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 189549SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18343SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Netherlands
199 Species
Chelifera flavella (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Chelipoda digressa Collin, 1931
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) wesmaeli Macquart, 1835
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dryodromya testacea (Rondani, 1856)⇒ Dryodromia testacea Rondani, 1856
Empis (Anacrostichus) bistortae Meigen, 1822
Empis (Anacrostichus) nitida Meigen, 1804
Empis (Anacrostichus) verralli Collin, 1927
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) hyalipennis Fallen, 1816
Empis (Coptophlebia) impennis Strobl, 1902
Empis (Coptophlebia) pilimana Loew, 1869
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) acinerea Chvala, 1985
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) albopilosa De Meijere, 1935
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) dasyprocta Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) gooti Chvala, 1994
Empis (Empis) laminata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) lepidopus Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) levis Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) praevia Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) rufiventris Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) serotina Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) syrovatkai Chvala, 1985
Empis (Empis) tanysphyra Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) woodi Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis (Euempis) sericans Brullé, 1832
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) confusa Loew, 1865
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) nigricans Meigen, 1804
Empis (Leptempis) variegata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) aemula Loew, 1873
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) testacea (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Empis scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis albopliosa Meijere, 1935
Empis demissa Collin, 1949
Empis tesselata
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hemerodromia beatica Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hemerodromia unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara aartseni Chvala, 1997
Hilara abdominalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara aeronetha Mik, 1892
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albitarsis von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara angustifrons Strobl, 1892
Hilara apta Collin, 1927
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara brevivittata Macquart, 1827
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cilipes (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara clavipes Harris, 1776
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara discalis Chvala, 1997
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara eviana Straka, 1976
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara gallica Meigen, 1804
Hilara gooti Chvala, 1999
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara lasiochira Strobl, 1892
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara longivittata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1819)⇒ Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara lundbecki (Frey, 1913)⇒ Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara macquarti Straka, 1984
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara medeteriformis Collin, 1961
Hilara media Collin, 1927
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigritarsis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara nigrocincta De Meijere, 1935
Hilara nitidorella Chvala, 1997
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pilipes Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara pilosa Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara primula Collin, 1927
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara pseudosartrix Strobl, 1892
Hilara quadrifasciata Chvala, 2002
Hilara quadriseta Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara quadrivittata Meigen, 1822Dance fly
Hilara quadrula Chvala, 2002
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara sturmii Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara tenella Fallen, 1816
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hilara veltmani Chvala, 1999
Hilara woodiella Chvala, 1999
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Ragas unica Walker, 1837
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) eupterota Loew, 1873
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) lamellata Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) sciarina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) trigemina Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) poissoni Trehen, 1966
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) aethiops Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) atra Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscuripennis Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) unguiculata Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) anthracina (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Rhamphomyia vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) argentata von Roder, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) laevipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) plumipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Wiedemannia (Pseudowiedemannia) lamellata Loew, 1869
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Netherlands
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
171
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


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