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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Transcaucasia (Caucasus)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
450
4300
10677
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
450
4300
10677
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
426
4215
10488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
283
3427
9035
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
73
574
1138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
56
366
631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
113
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
31
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
5
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transcaucasia
5 Genera with 13 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19966SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19803SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1996Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19592SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transcaucasia
13 Species
Clinocera sublineata Sinclair, 2008
Empis (Enoplempis) snoddyi Steyskal, 1969
Empis (Xanthempis) adriani Chvala, 1996
Empis afipsiensis Shamsev & Ku..., 2008
Empis cacuminifer Melander, 1902
Empis dixi Steyskal, 1969
Empis ponti Chvala, 1996
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia illiesi Joost, 1980
Hilara mauroides Chvala, 1996
Rhamphomyia tuberifemur Bartak, 2004
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959

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

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
3
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