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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region North England (England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
413
3164
6368
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
412
3163
6367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
3084
6204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
289
2692
5642
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
78
592
1303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
60
411
895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
73
183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
39
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
8
56
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North England
8 Genera with 56 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182217SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies16SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 180414SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19271SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North England
56 Species
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) praevia Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Hemerodromia baetica Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara quadrifasciata Chvala, 2002
Hilara serratipennis
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) lamellata Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) insularis Collin, 1927

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in North England
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
3
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