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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
395
3116
5825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
395
3116
5825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
375
3052
5693
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
274
2672
5143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
74
615
1164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
55
414
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
67
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
40
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
10
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Newfoundland
10 Genera with 19 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18163SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1963Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20028SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichoclinocera Collin, 19941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Newfoundland
19 Species
Chelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera irrorata Sinclair, 2000
Clinocera rubriventris Sinclair, 2000
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hilara argentata Saigusa, 1963
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Rhamphomyia cummingi Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia diversipennis Becker, 1900
Rhamphomyia monacha Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia pusio Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia umbrosa Loew, 1864
Rhamphomyia valga Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia vockerothi Bartak, 2002
Trichoclinocera falcata Sinclair, 1994

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Newfoundland
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
6
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