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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Panama (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
546
8352
22776
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
544
8349
22773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
522
8231
22503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
6473
18670
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
83
907
3047
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
66
704
2030
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
124
313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
52
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Panama
7 Genera with 11 Species
Colabris Melander, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1955Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Macrostomus Wiedemann, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Opeatocerata Melander, 19011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Panama
11 Species
Colabris coxalis Melander, 1927
Colabris rufescens Melander, 1927
Empis (Empis) scaura Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis pegasus Osten Sacken, 1887
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Macrostomus fasciventris Curran, 1931
Macrostomus fulvithorax Curran, 1931
Opeatocerata rubida Wheeler & Me..., 1901

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Panama
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
8
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