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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Southeast Brazil (Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
490
6922
16136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
489
6921
16135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
468
6849
15979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
289
5336
12590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
73
1109
2689
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
54
819
1562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
128
276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
21
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
13
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southeast Brazil
13 Genera with 27 Species
Apalocnemis Philippi, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19554SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1962Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hilarigona Collin, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Hormopeza Zetterstedt, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 19753SpeciesTaxom
Macrostomus Wiedemann, 19624SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 20162SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Oropozella1SpeciesTaxom
Sphicosa Philippi, 19622SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast Brazil
27 Species
Apalocnemis philippii Smith, 1962
Apalocnemis salesopolis Smith, 1962
Atrichopleura mauhes Smith, 1962
Atrichopleura mundurucu Smith, 1962
Clinocera cubatao Smith, 1962
Empis (Empis) scaura Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis majerona Smith, 1962
Empis microtheca Frey, 1955
Hilara mirhana Smith, 1962
Hilara tupinamba Smith, 1962
Hilarigona brachygastra Philippi, 1865
Hilarigona caishana Smith, 1962
Hormopeza dureti Daugeron, 1999
Lamprempis boracea Smith, 1962
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Lamprempis sazimae Smith, 1975
Macrostomus barueri Smith, 1962
Macrostomus distinctipennis Smith, 1962
Macrostomus divisus Smith, 1962
Macrostomus wiedemanni Smith, 1962
Neoplasta lobata Câmara & Raf..., 2016
Neoplasta longicornis Câmara & Raf..., 2016
Oreogeton anomalipennis Smith, 1962
Oropozella taquara Smith, 1962
Sphicosa albipennis Smith, 1962
Sphicosa longirostris Smith, 1962

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

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
3
4
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