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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region North Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
10948
38362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
10924
38301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
10787
38002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
387
8356
31453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
103
1503
5703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
81
1099
3947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
302
1527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
70
408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
16
112
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Africa
16 Genera with 112 Species
Amictoides Bourgogne, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Cladodromia Bezzi, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 199117SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19983SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 190930SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 195614SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 2008Balloon Flies16SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 19919SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Sphicosa Philippi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19565SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Africa
112 Species
Amictoides breviventris Philippi, 1865
Atrichopleura tephrodes Philippi, 1865
Chelifera barbarica Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera khemisiana Vaillant & G..., 1998
Chelifera nubecula Becker, 1908
Cladodromia bicolor Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia flavipes Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia pratincola Philippi, 1865
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera amarantha Becker, 1908
Clinocera azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera biacuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera dahli Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera dieuzedei Vaillant, 1953
Clinocera fallaciosa Loew, 1873
Clinocera haemorrhoidalis Becker, 1908
Clinocera maderensis Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera maroccana Seguy, 1941
Clinocera megalatantica Vaillant, 1956
Clinocera rabacali Frey, 1940
Clinocera sexmculata Frey, 1945
Clinocera storai Frey, 1945
Clinocera tetracuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Dolichocephala malickyi Wagner, 1995
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala pavonica Vaillant & G..., 1998
Empis (Coptophlebia) confluens Becker, 1907
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) decora Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) mediocris Becker, 1907
Empis (Empis) similis Becker, 1908
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) morio Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Euempis) spiralis Collin, 1937
Empis (Kritempis) algira Macquart, 1838
Empis (Lissempis) liosoma Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Pachymeria) suberis Becker, 1907
Empis (Pachymeria) trianguligera Strobl, 1898
Empis (Xanthempis) styriaca Strobl, 1893
Empis albidiseta Becker, 1907
Empis basilaris Becker, 1908
Empis chopardi Daugeron, 1997
Empis cyrenaica Bezzi, 1925
Empis demissa Collin, 1949
Empis dumetorum Philippi, 1865
Empis edithae Daugeron, 1997
Empis fulvicollis Collin, 1933
Empis ghigiana Bezzi, 1924
Empis ifranensis Daugeron, 1997
Empis lasionota (Loew, 1869)⇒ Empis picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis macquarti Becker, 1907
Empis montezuma Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis nigrimana Becker, 1907
Empis pachymerina Schiner, 1868
Empis specularis Bezzi, 1909
Hemerodromia bethiana Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia choulyana Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia claripennis Frey, 1958
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia isserana Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia macrocephala Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia seguyi Vaillant, 1953
Hemerodromia spinosa Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia subapicalis Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hemerodromia tebbarana Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia telloutica Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia tigrigrana Vaillant & G..., 1998
Hemerodromia todrhana Vaillant, 1956
Hilara algira Macquart, 1838
Hilara amaranta Becker, 1907
Hilara barbata Chvala, 2008
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara danielssoni Chvala, 2008
Hilara empidoides Frey, 1958
Hilara fusitibia Strobl, 1899
Hilara laurae Becker, 1908
Hilara magica Mik, 1887
Hilara matronella Straka, 1976
Hilara quadrifaria Strobl, 1892
Hilara rostrata Chvala, 2008
Hilara royi Chvala, 2008
Hilara schachti Chvala, 2008
Hilara striaticollis Becker, 1907
Hilara tabarkensis Chvala, 2008
Hilarempis dumicola Philippi, 1865
Kowarzia azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia biacuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Kowarzia dahli Vaillant, 1964
Kowarzia haemorrhoidalis (Becker, 1908)⇒ Clinocera haemorrhoidalis Becker, 1908
Kowarzia maderensis Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia rabacali Frey, 1940
Kowarzia sexmaculata Frey, 1945
Kowarzia tetracuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) maroccana Collin, 1953
Rhamphomyia tenuipes Becker, 1907
Roederiodes longirostris Frey, 1940
Roederiodes longistris Frey, 1940
Sphicosa nigra Philippi, 1865
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) lagunae Becker, 1908
Wiedemannia azurea Vaillant, 1951
Wiedemannia litardierei Vaillant, 1956
Wiedemannia medjahedica Vaillant & G..., 1998
Wiedemannia mgounica Vaillant, 1956

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in North Africa
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
5
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
6
54
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
20
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