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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Queensland (East Australia, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
713
10688
33073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
709
10675
33062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
674
10520
32717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
419
8235
27490
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
105
1344
4951
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
79
1022
3639
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
252
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
76
344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
15
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Queensland
15 Genera with 18 Species
Apalocnemis Philippi, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Bandella Bickel, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Homalocnemis Philippi, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Hydropeza Sinclair, 1999
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Munburra Bickel, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Thinempis Bickel, 19961SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Queensland
18 Species
Apalocnemis sanguinea Hardy, 1934
Bandella maxi Bickel, 2002
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera queenslandica Sinclair, 2000
Clinocera rubriventris Sinclair, 2000
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hilara balnearia White, 1916
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Homalocnemis maculipennis Malloch, 1932
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Munburra bulbicornis Bickel, 2006
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Oreogeton heterogamus Melander, 1928
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Thinempis minuta Bickel, 1996

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Queensland
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHomalocneminae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
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