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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
500
5821
13599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
496
5815
13595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
474
5736
13377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
306
4589
10958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
76
596
1455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
58
453
965
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
133
385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
40
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southwest Mexico
7 Genera with 18 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20083SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19017SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hilarigona Collin, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 19011SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19014SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southwest Mexico
18 Species
Chelipoda mexicana Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Clinocera mexicana Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera obunca Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera robinsoni Sinclair, 2008
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis annulipes Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis atrifemur Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis azteca Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis dolorosa Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis rubida Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis xochitl Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hilarigona brachygastra Philippi, 1865
Lamprempis chichimeca Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Rhamphomyia cyanogaster Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Rhamphomyia furcifer Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhamphomyia tolteca Wheeler & Me..., 1901

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Southwest Mexico
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
2
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