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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
3995
7628
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
458
3995
7628
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
437
3911
7408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
313
3351
6469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
87
803
1552
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
66
561
1090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
92
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
44
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
10
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern Ontario
10 Genera with 17 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Coptophlebia Bezzi, 01SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19596SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichoclinocera Collin, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Ontario
17 Species
Chelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
Chelipoda elongata Melander, 1902
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Coptophlebia dactylica
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) plumifera Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia flexuosa Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia macilenta Loew, 1864
Rhamphomyia polita Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Rhamphomyia vara Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959
Trichoclinocera hamifera Melander, 1928
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) simplex Loew, 1862

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Northern Ontario
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
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