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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Saskatchewan (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
451
4369
10230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
450
4366
10227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
427
4274
10024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
312
3660
8867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
91
808
1699
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
68
593
1247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
81
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
34
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Saskatchewan
9 Genera with 17 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20083SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1838Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20023SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saskatchewan
17 Species
Chelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera brunnea Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera olivacea Melander, 1928
Clinocera subtrunca Sinclair, 2008
Dolichocephala vockerothi Sinclair & M..., 2012
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia rogatoris Coquillett, 1895
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Rhamphomyia brevis Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia debilis Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Saskatchewan
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
7
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