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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Sicily (Italy)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
442
4789
12162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
439
4779
12141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
425
4738
12061
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
296
3753
9814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
561
1243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
53
432
927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
81
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
34
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sicily
9 Genera with 22 Species
Brachystoma Meigen, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19956SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18048SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 2008Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sicily
22 Species
Brachystoma vesiculosum Fabricius, 1794
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) italia
Clinocera (Kowarzia) madicola Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera (Kowarzia) sandaliae Wagner, 1984
Clinocera (Kowarzia) tenella (Wahlberg, 1844)⇒ Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Clinocera italiae Wagner, 1995
Empis (Empis) dasypoda Egger, 1860
Empis (Empis) hystrix Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) sicula Loew, 1867
Empis (Euempis) sericans Brullé, 1832
Empis (Kritempis) macropalpa Egger, 1860
Empis (Leptempis) affinis (Egger, 1860)⇒ Empis opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Hemerodromia gereckei Wagner, 1995
Hilara bovina Becker, 1910
Hilara spiniplatyura Chvala, 2008
Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) clypeata Macquart, 1834
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) lota Walker, 1851
Wiedemannia (Roederella) czernyi Bezzi, 1905

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Sicily
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
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