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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Tunisia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
359
2886
6688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
358
2883
6685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
350
2865
6666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2182
5486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
63
460
986
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
51
384
816
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
136
364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
32
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tunisia
6 Genera with 18 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19076SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 2008Balloon Flies9SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunisia
18 Species
Clinocera dieuzedei Vaillant, 1953
Dolichocephala malickyi Wagner, 1995
Empis (Coptophlebia) confluens Becker, 1907
Empis (Euempis) morio Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Lissempis) liosoma Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Pachymeria) suberis Becker, 1907
Empis albidiseta Becker, 1907
Empis macquarti Becker, 1907
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hilara amaranta Becker, 1907
Hilara danielssoni Chvala, 2008
Hilara fusitibia Strobl, 1899
Hilara matronella Straka, 1976
Hilara quadrifaria Strobl, 1892
Hilara rostrata Chvala, 2008
Hilara royi Chvala, 2008
Hilara striaticollis Becker, 1907
Hilara tabarkensis Chvala, 2008

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Tunisia
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
15
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