Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Southern Alberta (Alberta, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 421
3347
6679 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 420
3346
6678 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 400
3288
6562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 291
2810
5815 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 83
655
1188 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 62
469
860 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 9
70
103 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 4
31
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies | 8
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Southern Alberta
8 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Southern Alberta
10 Species | Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993 | | | Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878 | | | Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868 | | | Heleodromia pullata Melander, 1902 | | | Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928 | | | Hesperempis mabelae Melander, 1902 | | | Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862 | | | Philetus schizophorus Melander, 1928 | | | Rhamphomyia acuta Bartak, 2002 | | | Rhamphomyia praecipua Bartak, 2002 | |
Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Southern Alberta
 | | 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
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