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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Utrecht (South Netherland, Netherlands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
390
3246
6497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
388
3241
6492
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
371
3204
6415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
268
2723
5657
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
74
698
1349
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
56
495
964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
84
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
42
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Utrecht
7 Genera with 36 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182218SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18162SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18046SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Utrecht
36 Species
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) acinerea Chvala, 1985
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia oratoria Fallen, 1816
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara quadrifasciata Chvala, 2002
Hilara sturmii Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) atra Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Utrecht
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
4
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