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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
79
826
2194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
651
1728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
146
412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
44
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
10
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
10 Genera with 16 Species
Brachystoma Meigen, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Drymodromia Becker, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1910Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
16 Species
Brachystoma flavella Wagner & And..., 1995
Clinocera usambarica Wagner & And..., 1995
Dolichocephala combinata Becker, 1914
Drymodromia bimaculata Wagner & And..., 1995
Drymodromia flaviventris Wagner & And..., 1995
Empis (Leptempis) lindneri Oldenberg, 1925
Empis adamsi Smith, 1967
Empis chrysocera Collin, 1930
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia denticulata Wagner & And..., 1995
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hilara fortis Becker, 1914
Hilara philina Speiser, 1910
Hilarempis msingi Smith, 1967
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Roederiodes tanzaniae Wagner & And..., 1995

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
5
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