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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Portugal (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
546
5554
13778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
542
5540
13730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
512
5443
13568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
333
4250
11221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
88
815
1953
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
70
583
1373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
130
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
57
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Portugal
9 Genera with 29 Species
Cladodromia Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19454SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182210SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1963Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 19919SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19401SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Portugal
29 Species
Cladodromia semilugens Philippi, 1865
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera dahli Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera storai Frey, 1945
Empis (Coptophlebia) gravis Wiedemann, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) ardesiaca Wiedemann, 1822
Empis (Empis) ptilopoda Wiedemann, 1822
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis umbrina Wiedemann, 1822
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hilara lindbergi Vaillant, 1963
Hilarempis stenostoma Collin, 1933
Kowarzia azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia biacuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia dahli Vaillant, 1964
Kowarzia haemorrhoidalis (Becker, 1908)⇒ Clinocera haemorrhoidalis Becker, 1908
Kowarzia maderensis Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia rabacali Frey, 1940
Kowarzia sexmaculata Frey, 1945
Kowarzia storai Frey, 1945
Kowarzia tetracuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Roederiodes longirostris Frey, 1940

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Portugal
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
2
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