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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
487
4492
8586
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
485
4489
8583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
462
4397
8381
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
3708
7212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
83
848
1554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
65
668
1234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
103
204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
41
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
5
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southwestern Ontario
5 Genera with 8 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19473SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20022SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southwestern Ontario
8 Species
Chelipoda elongata Melander, 1902
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melanosoma Melander, 1947India mustard
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Rhamphomyia longicauda Loew, 1861Long-tailed Dance Fly
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Southwestern Ontario
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
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