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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region South Wales (Wales, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
3184
7051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
3182
7049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
410
3124
6937
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
2675
6253
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
839
2396
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
71
629
1795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
95
371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
5
62
327
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
12
89
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Wales
12 Genera with 89 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18334SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182221SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18304SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies28SpeciesTaxom
Icasma Turner, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 192623SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18341SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Wales
89 Species
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Anacrostichus) verralli Collin, 1927
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) rufiventris Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
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
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) concolor Verrall, 1872
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia laudatoria Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara media Collin, 1927
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrohirta Collin, 1927
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pilosa Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Icasma aequabilis Plant, 1991
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) culicina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) sciarina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in South Wales
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
72
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
8
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