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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region South Asia (Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
816
19624
105366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
812
19606
105335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
775
19334
104374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
470
14136
82559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
116
1967
11891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
88
1408
6484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
284
1569
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
89
560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
20
104
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Asia
20 Genera with 104 Species
Bergenstammia Mik, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 200411SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19654SpeciesTaxom
Chilcottomyia1SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 200412SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 191318SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 20045SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 200713SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies9SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Hypenella Collin, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Proclinopyga var.flavicox..., 19655SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20026SpeciesTaxom
Rhyacodromia Saigusa, 01SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Sabinios Jones, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Trichoclinocera Collin, 20044SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19402SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Asia
104 Species and 1 Subspecies
Bergenstammia evae Smith, K.G.V., 1965
Chelifera accomodata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera bakra Smith, 1965
Chelifera brevidigitata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera curvata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera digitata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera haeselbarthae Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera insueta Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera multiseta Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera multisetoides Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera rhombicercus Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelifera stauderae Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Chelipoda bakra (Smith, 1965)⇒ Chelifera bakra Smith, 1965
Chelipoda flavida Brunetti, 1913
Chelipoda indica Brunetti, 1913
Chelipoda keta Smith, 1965
Chilcottomyia nepalensis
Clinocera chilamche Smith, 1965
Clinocera cuspidata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera evae Smith, 1965
Clinocera fluviatilis Brunetti, 1913
Clinocera longicercus Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera lunata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera lunatoides Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera marginesetosa Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera nadi Smith, 1965
Clinocera pani Smith, 1965
Clinocera setosa Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Clinocera sinclairi Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Dolichocephala argus Melander, 1928
Dolichocephala flamingo Smith, 1965
Dolichocephala panesari Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Dolichocephala rotundinota Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Dolichocephala septemontata Brunetti, 1913
Empis (Coptophlebia) amplitarsis Brunetti, 1920
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Coptophlebia) squamata (Brunetti, 1913)⇒ Empis carbonaria Brunetti, 1913
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis albohalteralis Brunetti, 1920
Empis carbonaria Brunetti, 1913
Empis centralis Brunetti, 1913
Empis ceylonica Bezzi, 1904
Empis elegans Brunetti, 1913
Empis griseonigra Brunetti, 1913
Empis inconspicua Brunetti, 1913
Empis marginata (Brunetti, 1917)⇒ Rhamphomyia marginata Fabricius, 1787
Empis rostrata Brunetti, 1913
Empis subcilipes Brunetti, 1913
Heleodromia ausobskyi Wagner, 1983
Heleodromia baculifera Tokarczyk & ..., 1986
Heleodromia hilo Smith, 1965
Heleodromia obscura Brunetti, 1913
Heleodromia rami Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Hemerodromia chila
Hemerodromia chita Smith, 1965
Hemerodromia chitaoides Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia dorsalis Brunetti, 1913
Hemerodromia elongatiodes Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Hemerodromia fibrina Landry & Harper, 1985Woodside buckwheat
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia lomri Smith, 1965
Hemerodromia pila Smith, 1965
Hemerodromia rhomboides Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Hemerodromia serpa Smith, 1965
Hemerodromia subspinosa Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hilara bares Walker, 1849
Hilara bhiga Smith, 1965
Hilara compacta Brunetti, 1913
Hilara ghunzaensis Straka & Obuch, 1984
Hilara gila Smith, 1965
Hilara khola Smith, 1965
Hilara peshawarensis Brunetti, 1920
Hilara rufithorax Brunetti, 1913
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Hilarempis neptunus Smith, 1969
Hypenella bhura Smith, 1965
Hypenella spumarius Smith, 1965
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Proclinopyga fusca Brunetti, 1913
Proclinopyga maewa Smith, 1963
Proclinopyga occidentalis Smith, 1965
Proclinopyga seticosta Saigusa, 1963
Proclinopyga seticosta occidentalis Smith, 1965
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia griseonigra Brunetti, 1913
Rhamphomyia himalayana Brunetti, 1913
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia rivalis Bartak, 2002
Rhyacodromia evae
Roederiodes bilobatus Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Roederiodes naggarense Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Roederiodes schwoerbeli Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Sabinios jovis (Jones, 1940)⇒ Syndyas jovis Jones, 1940
Trichoclinocera glaucescens Brunetti, 1917
Trichoclinocera maewa (Smith, 1963)⇒ Proclinopyga maewa Smith, 1963
Trichoclinocera nepalensis Sinclair, 2005
Trichoclinocera serrata Wagner, Lees..., 2004
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) saigusai Smith, 1965
Wiedemannia submarina Jones, 1940

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in South Asia
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
10
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
28
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