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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Pwllheli (Gwynedd, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
186
773
1318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
185
772
1317
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
179
758
1298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
137
627
1114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
47
240
476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
36
185
357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
5
34
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
27
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Pwllheli
6 Genera with 13 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 17614SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pwllheli
13 Species
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794

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

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
8
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