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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
5093
15214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
266
4282
13815
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
680
2226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
57
537
1577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
99
256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
37
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
10
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Uganda
10 Genera with 27 Species
Brachystoma Meigen, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19406SpeciesTaxom
Drymodromia Becker, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19714SpeciesTaxom
Fur Jones, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19408SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Obstinocephala Garrett Jones, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19402SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Uganda
27 Species
Brachystoma mite Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala afflicta Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala fugitivus Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala fuscilanx Garrett Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala fuscillanx Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala rarinota Jones, 1940
Dolichocephala tali Jones, 1940
Drymodromia gahinga Jones, 1940
Drymodromia plurabella Jones, 1940
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Coptophlebia) edwardsi Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) namwamba Smith, 1971
Empis portia Smith, 1971
Fur fugitivus Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia duce Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia goya Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia icenae Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia portia Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia resurrecta Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia susana Jones, 1940
Hemerodromia ultima Jones, 1940
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Obstinocephala tali Jones, 1940
Rhamphomyia taylori Smith, 1971
Wiedemannia reducta Jones, 1940
Wiedemannia submarina Jones, 1940

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

Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
10
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