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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Rio Grande do Sul (South Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
338
2448
4337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
338
2448
4337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
325
2404
4275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
215
1908
3391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
326
709
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
44
193
362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
61
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
26
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
15
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Rio Grande do Sul
15 Genera with 45 Species
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19626SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1962Balloon Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Hilarigona Collin, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 19624SpeciesTaxom
Macrostomus Wiedemann, 19625SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 19622SpeciesTaxom
Oropozella5SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Sphicosa Philippi, 19625SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rio Grande do Sul
45 Species and 1 Subspecies
Atrichopleura guarini Smith, 1962
Atrichopleura mameluca Smith, 1962
Atrichopleura mameluco Smith, 1962
Chelipoda intermedia Smith, 1962
Chelipoda mexicana intermedia Smith, 1962
Clinocera cucama Smith, 1962
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis majerona Smith, 1962
Empis maraua Smith, 1962
Empis microtheca Frey, 1955
Empis schumana Smith, 1962
Empis shumana Smith, 1962
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hilara apicalis Smith, 1962
Hilara catarinae Smith, 1962
Hilara setipleura Smith, 1962
Hilarempis juri Smith, 1962
Hilarempis shumana Smith, 1962
Hilarempis tucuna Smith, 1962
Hilarigona cupari Smith, 1962
Hilarigona majerona Smith, 1962
Lamprempis bezzii Smith, 1962
Lamprempis cucama Smith, 1962
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Lamprempis truncatus Smith, 1962
Macrostomus digitatus Smith, 1962
Macrostomus juri Smith, 1962
Macrostomus mundurucu Smith, 1962
Macrostomus mura Smith, 1962
Macrostomus variseta Smith, 1962
Metachela breviradius Smith, 1962
Neoplasta fortiseta Smith, 1962
Neoplasta fuscifurca Smith, 1962
Oropozella annulitarsis Smith, 1962
Oropozella arara Smith, 1962
Oropozella biloba Smith, 1962
Oropozella marginata Smith, 1962
Oropozella metallica Smith, 1962
Rhamphomyia catarinae Smith, 1962
Rhamphomyia verae Smith, 1962
Sphicosa globosa Smith, 1962
Sphicosa globosus Smith, 1962
Sphicosa plaumanni Smith, 1962
Sphicosa setipalpis Smith, 1962
Sphicosa uniseta Smitha, 1962

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Rio Grande do Sul
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
7
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
6
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