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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Southern Ontario (Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
553
6262
15077
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
551
6258
15073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
526
6143
14753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
372
5224
12857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
99
1185
2905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
77
885
2205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
147
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
62
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
11
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Ontario
11 Genera with 25 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18162SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19474SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Opeatocerata Melander, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19598SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Ontario
25 Species
Chelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelipoda elongata Melander, 1902
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera lineata Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Dolichocephala vockerothi Sinclair & M..., 2012
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis colonica Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Empis pallida Loew, 1861
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia melanosoma Melander, 1947India mustard
Hilara nitida
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Opeatocerata hadrophallus Câmara & Raf..., 2014
Rhamphomyia daria Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Rhamphomyia debilis Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia latilobata Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia longicauda Loew, 1861Long-tailed Dance Fly
Rhamphomyia nasoni Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia phemius Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Southern Ontario
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
9
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