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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Somerset (Southwest England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
383
2600
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
381
2597
4664
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
362
2559
4609
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
268
2262
4221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
77
528
1121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
58
404
874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
78
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
41
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Somerset
6 Genera with 24 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182211SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1873Balloon Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18044SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Somerset
24 Species
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara morata Collin, 1927
Hilara scrobiculata Loew, 1873
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Somerset
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
2
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