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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Northern Alberta (Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
375
2750
5100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
373
2748
5099
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
353
2679
4966
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
255
2271
4372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
77
575
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
59
416
730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
59
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
30
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern Alberta
6 Genera with 7 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Alberta
7 Species
Chelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Metachela collusor Melander, 1902
Rhamphomyia latilobata Bartak, 2002

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Northern Alberta
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
4
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