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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Regional District of Nanaimo (Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
240
1024
1171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
240
1024
1171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
230
1004
1139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
170
867
993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
44
255
265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
33
159
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
4
23
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
14
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Regional District of Nanaimo
3 Genera with 4 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Regional District of Nanaimo
4 Species
Chelipoda contracta Melander, 1947India mustard
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Regional District of Nanaimo
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
1
1
Genus
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