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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Poland (Central Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
573
6300
20025
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
569
6292
20002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
540
6216
19862
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
357
4944
16544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
91
898
2594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
69
586
1510
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
133
404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
5
53
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
13
64
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Poland
13 Genera with 64 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 185010SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19974SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1991Balloon Flies17SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 20135SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 185012SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 20044SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Poland
64 Species
Chelifera perlucida Niesiolowski, 1986
Chelifera polonica Wagner & Nie..., 1987
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) wesmaeli Macquart, 1835
Clinocera (Kowarzia) plectrum Mik, 1880
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Anacrostichus) bistortae Meigen, 1822
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) mesogramma Loew, 1867
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis crassirostris (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Rhamphomyia crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis pulvillata H. Loew, 1850
Gloma hirta H. Loew, 1850
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) wagneri Niesiolowski, 1986
Heleodromia (Illiesiella) foveata R. Wagner, 2000
Heleodromia starki C. Hoffeins, 1997
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia mazoviensis Niesiolowski, 1987
Hemerodromia unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara arnaudi Niesiolowski, 1991
Hilara campinosensis Niesiolowski, 1986
Hilara carpathica Niesiolowski, 1991
Hilara cineracea Niesiolowski, 1986
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara ephippium Scholz, 1851
Hilara flavohalterata Strobl, 1898
Hilara joannae Niesiolowski, 1991
Hilara lasiochira Strobl, 1892
Hilara mroga Niesiolowski, 1986
Hilara nadolna Niesiolowski, 1986
Hilara niesiolowskii Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hilara sanctaecrucis Niesiolowski, 1983
Hilara tatra Niesiolowski, 1991
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hilara treheni Niesiolowski, 1991
Hilara vistula Niesiolowski, 1991
Oreogeton basalis Loew, 1856
Phyllodromia birmanica (Brunner von ..., 1893)⇒ Sigmella birmanica Brunner von ..., 1893
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Ragas baltica Sinclair & H..., 2013
Ragas bizarra Hoffeins & al., 2015
Ragas eocenica Sinclair & H..., 2013
Ragas succinea Sinclair & H..., 2013
Ragas ulrichi Sinclair & H..., 2013
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia distans H. Loew, 1850
Rhamphomyia ungulina H. Loew, 1850
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) jadzewskii Niesiolowski, 1987
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) braueri Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia jakubi Krysiak, 2005
Wiedemannia pieninensis Krysiak & Ni..., 2004

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Poland
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
3
7
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