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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
793
2049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
66
617
1451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
120
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
49
130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
6 Genera with 8 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Sabinios Jones, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19401SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
8 Species
Empis (Coptophlebia) squamata (Brunetti, 1913)⇒ Empis carbonaria Brunetti, 1913
Empis carbonaria Brunetti, 1913
Empis ceylonica Bezzi, 1904
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hilarempis neptunus Smith, 1969
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Sabinios jovis (Jones, 1940)⇒ Syndyas jovis Jones, 1940
Wiedemannia submarina Jones, 1940

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
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