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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Nevada (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
364
2725
6777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
363
2721
6773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
349
2679
6680
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
239
2114
5358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
335
613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
45
278
491
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
114
267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
14
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nevada
4 Genera with 8 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19285SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nevada
8 Species
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia compta (Coquillett, 1895)⇒ Rhamphomyia barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia curvipes Coquillett, 1904
Rhamphomyia rava Loew, 1862Fendler's globemallow
Rhamphomyia ursinella Melander, 1928
Wiedemannia apicalis Sinclair, 1998

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

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
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