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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Utah (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
461
4259
11358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
459
4254
11354
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
437
4182
11198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
3329
9096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
77
653
1497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
57
503
1137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
169
551
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
45
173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Utah
7 Genera with 15 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 20084SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 19933SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20023SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Utah
15 Species
Clinocera cordillerana Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera macdonaldi Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera madera Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera substagnalis Sinclair, 2008
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia burdicki Macdonald, 1998
Hemerodromia chelata Macdonald, 1998
Neoplasta concava MacDonald & ..., 1993
Neoplasta hansoni MacDonald & ..., 1993
Neoplasta paramegorchis MacDonald & ..., 1993
Rhamphomyia contracta Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia mallos Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Rhamphomyia rhytmica Bartak, 2002
Roederiodes petersoni Chillcott, 1966
Wiedemannia apicalis Sinclair, 1998

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Utah
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
4
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