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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region United Kingdom (British Isles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
886
13129
45760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
883
13119
45745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
797
12813
45051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
480
10417
39450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
121
2286
11108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
91
1528
6844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
15
300
1292
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
5
132
930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
31
268
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for United Kingdom
31 Genera with 268 Species
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Aclonempis Collin, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 183814SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18358SpeciesTaxom
Coptophlebia Bezzi, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19836SpeciesTaxom
Dryodromia Rondani, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Dryodromya Rondani, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 177655SpeciesTaxom
Emplita Grimaldi & C..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Hasmona Giebel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 194711SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies84SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Hormopeza Zetterstedt, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Icasma Turner, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Kritempis Collin, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Lundstroemiella Frey, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Megacyttarus Bigot, 1880
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Pachymeria Stephens, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 178064SpeciesTaxom
Turonempis Grimaldi & C..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19278SpeciesTaxom
Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for United Kingdom
268 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chelifera angusta Collin, 1927
Chelifera aperticauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera astigma Collin, 1927
Chelifera concinnicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera diversicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera erecta (Collin, 1927)⇒ Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera flavella (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelifera monostigma Meigen, 1822
Chelifera pectinicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera subangusta Collin, 1961
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Clinocera) nigra Meigen, 1804
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) wesmaeli Macquart, 1835
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) tenella (Wahlberg, 1844)⇒ Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera nivalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera wesmaelii Macquart, 1835
Dolichocephala engeli (Vaillant, 1978)⇒ Dolichocephala oblongoguttata Dale, 1878
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala oblongoguttata Dale, 1878
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala thomasi Wagner, 1983
Dryodromia testacea Rondani, 1856
Dryodromya testacea (Rondani, 1856)⇒ Dryodromia testacea Rondani, 1856
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Anacrostichus) verralli Collin, 1927
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Coptophlebia) hyalipennis Fallen, 1816
Empis (Coptophlebia) impennis Strobl, 1902
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) volucris (Wiedemann, 1822)⇒ Empis aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) decora Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) limata Collin, 1927English Assassin Fly
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) praevia Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) rufiventris Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) woodi Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) cognata Egger, 1860
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Pachymeria) scotica Curtis, 1835
Empis (Pachymeria) tumida Meigen, 1822
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) aemula Loew, 1873
Empis (Xanthempis) concolor Verrall, 1872
Empis (Xanthempis) diagramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) laetabilis Collin, 1926
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis aprica Stephens, 1829
Empis confidens Harris, 1776
Empis gracilis Curtis, 1835
Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis lucidus Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis macrorrhyncha Philippi, 1865
Empis melaena (Bezzi, 1908)⇒ Empis impennis Strobl, 1902
Empis melanopa Stephens, 1829
Empis oertus Harris, 1776
Emplita casei D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Hasmona leo C. G. Giebel, 1856
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) irwini Wagner, 1985
Hemerodromia adulatoria Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia baetica Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia laudatoria Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hemerodromia superstitiosa Say, 1824
Hemerodromia unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hemerodromia vates Melander, 1947India mustard
Hilara abdominalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara aeronetha Mik, 1892
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albitarsis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara albocingulata (Wood, 1913)⇒ Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara angustifrons Strobl, 1892
Hilara anisonychia Collin, 1928
Hilara apta Collin, 1927
Hilara augustifrons Strobl, 0
Hilara barbipes Frey, 1908
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara bistriata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara brevivittata Macquart, 1827
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cingulata (Dahlbom, 1850)⇒ Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara clavipes Harris, 1776
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara diversipes Strobl, 1892
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara gallica Meigen, 1804
Hilara germanica (Engel, 1941)⇒ Hilara diversipes Strobl, 1892
Hilara griseifrons (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara hirta Strobl, 1892
Hilara hirtella Collin, 1927
Hilara hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara hybrida Collin, 1961
Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara longifurca (Strobl, 1892)⇒ Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara longivittata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1819)⇒ Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara lundbecki (Frey, 1913)⇒ Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara matronella Straka, 1976
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara medeteriformis Collin, 1961
Hilara media Collin, 1927
Hilara merula Collin, 1927
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara morata Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrohirta Collin, 1927
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pilosa Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara pilosopectinata Strobl, 1892
Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara primula Collin, 1927
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara pseudosartrix Strobl, 1892
Hilara quadrifasciata Chvala, 2002
Hilara quadriseta Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara quadrivittata Meigen, 1822Dance fly
Hilara recedens Walker, 1851
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara scrobiculata Loew, 1873
Hilara serratipennis
Hilara setosa Collin, 1927
Hilara spinulenta Collin, 1928
Hilara sturmii Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara submaura Collin, 1927
Hilara subpollinosa (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Hilara woodi (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilarempis fulvipes Hutton, 1901
Hilarempis huttoni Bezzi, 1904
Hilarempis subdita Collin, 1928
Hormopeza obliterata Zetterstedt, 1838
Icasma aequabilis Plant, 1991
Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Kowarzia tenella Wahlberg, 1844
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Ragas unica Walker, 1837
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) hirsutipes Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) culicina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) lamellata Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) sciarina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) trigemina Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) aethiops Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albidiventris Strobl, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albitarsis Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) atra Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) breviventris Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caudata (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia aethiops Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) hirtula Zetterstedt, 1842San Bernardino Mountain gilia
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) murina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) albosegmentata Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) ignobilis Zetterstedt, 1859
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) laevipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia albosegmentata Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) plumipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subcinerascens Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) tibialis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia debilis Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia dentipes (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia transversipyga Frey, 1950
Rhamphomyia filata (Zetterstedt, 1842)⇒ Rhamphomyia caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia fixus Harris, 1776
Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia transversipyga Frey, 1950
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959
Rhamphomyia vicana Harris, 1780
Turonempis styx D. A. Grimaldi, 1999
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) lota Walker, 1851
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) phantasma Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) simplex Loew, 1862
Wiedemannia (Pseudowiedemannia) lamellata Loew, 1869
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) insularis Collin, 1927
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) rhynchops Nowicki, 1868
Wiedemannia rhynchops insularis Collin, 1927

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in United Kingdom
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
5
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
7
207
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
5
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


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Empididae at aramel.free.fr
Empididae at artfakta.se
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Empididae at itis.gov
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