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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Taiwan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
650
12552
43810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
648
12549
43801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
622
12414
43343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
9699
34661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
106
1670
6839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
81
1353
5197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
189
748
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
77
436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
13
63
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Taiwan
13 Genera with 63 Species
Achelipoda Yang, Zhang ..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Coryneta Meigen, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 191420SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies8SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 189314SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19128SpeciesTaxom
Sinotrichopeza Yang, Zhang ..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Steleochaeta Kertesz, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Tachydroma Waltl, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Trichoclinocera Collin, 20051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taiwan
63 Species and 1 Subspecies
Achelipoda pictipennis Bezzi, 1912
Chelipoda fusca (Bezzi, 1914)⇒ Phyllodromia fusca Bezzi, 1914
Chelipoda fuscicornis Bezzi, 1912
Chelipoda fusciseta Bezzi, 1912
Chelipoda pictipennis (Bezzi, 1912)⇒ Achelipoda pictipennis Bezzi, 1912
Coryneta xanthopus (Bezzi, 1914)⇒ Platypalpus xanthopus Bezzi, 1914
Empis (Coptophlebia) cineraria Bezzi, 1914
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Coptophlebia) sauteriana Bezzi, 1914
Empis clauda (Schrank, 1803)⇒ Empis delumbis Melander, 1965
Empis delumbis Melander, 1965
Empis hyalogyne Bezzi, 1912
Empis hystrichopyga Bezzi, 1912
Empis inclinata Bezzi, 1912
Empis ingrata Frey, 1953
Empis patagiata Bezzi, 1914
Empis plorans Bezzi, 1912
Empis quadrimanus Frey, 1953
Empis raptoria Bezzi, 1912
Empis scopulifera Bezzi, 1912
Empis spuria Fallen, 1816
Empis subabbreviata Frey, 1953
Empis subabreviata Frey, 1953
Empis tenuinervis Bezzi, 1912
Empis velutina Bezzi, 1912
Empis velutina cineraria Bezzi, 1914
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia xiphias Bezzi, 1914
Hilara melanichira Bezzi, 1912
Hilara melanochira Bezzi, 1912
Hilara migrata (Walker, 1849)⇒ Iteaphila nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara orientails Bezzi, 1912
Hilara orientalis Bezzi, 1912
Hilara uncicauda Bezzi, 1914
Hilara unicauda Bezzi, 1914
Hilara urophylla Collin, 1928
Oreogeton heterogamus Melander, 1928
Phyllodromia bisignata Brunner von ..., 1893
Phyllodromia cuneivittata (Hanitsch, 1925)⇒ Blattella germanica Linnaeus, 1767
Phyllodromia flavomarginata (Shiraki, 1931)⇒ Shelfordina flavomarginata Shiraki, 1931
Phyllodromia fusca Bezzi, 1914
Phyllodromia hieroglyphica (Brunner von ..., 1865)⇒ Balta notulata Stål, 1860
Phyllodromia japonica (Shelford, 1907)⇒ Symploce japonica Shelford, 1907
Phyllodromia lineata (Shiraki, 1931)⇒ Zhujiblatta anofissilis Q. B. Lin, 1980
Phyllodromia magna (Tepper, 1895)⇒ Blattella germanica Linnaeus, 1767
Phyllodromia nigripronota Shiraki, 1906
Phyllodromia niitakana (Shiraki, 1931)⇒ Blattella germanica Linnaeus, 1767
Phyllodromia ogatai (Shiraki, 1931)⇒ Balta vilis Brunner von ..., 1865
Phyllodromia punctulata (Shiraki, 1931)⇒ Margattea nimbata shirakii Princis, 1969
Phyllodromia shirakii (Princis, 1969)⇒ Margattea shirakii Princis, 196..., 1979
Phyllodromia unicolor (Brunner von ..., 1893)⇒ Episymploce unicolor Bei-Bienko, 1958
Rhamphomyia curicauda Frey, 1949
Rhamphomyia curvicauda Frey, 1949
Rhamphomyia curvitibia Saigusa, 1965
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhamphomyia morissoni (Bigot, 1887)⇒ Rhamphomyia rava Loew, 1862
Rhamphomyia rava Loew, 1862Fendler's globemallow
Rhamphomyia rostrifera Bezzi, 1912
Rhamphomyia sauteri Bezzi, 1912
Sinotrichopeza taiwanensis Yang, 2006
Steleochaeta meridionalis (Becker, 1892)⇒ Iteaphila nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Steleochaeta stieiensis (Becker, 1891)⇒ Iteaphila nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Tachydroma bitstigma Bezzi, 1912
Trichoclinocera taiwanensis Sinclair, 2005

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

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
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