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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Sedge Fen (Wicken Fen, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
260
1535
2821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
260
1535
2821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
251
1518
2793
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
200
1364
2586
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
62
370
695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
48
277
553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
5
36
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
33
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
5
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sedge Fen
5 Genera with 20 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 17987SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1909Balloon Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18047SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sedge Fen
20 Species
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Ragas unica Walker, 1837
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Sedge Fen
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
1
1
Genus
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