Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 378
2427
3666 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 376
2423
3662 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 361
2383
3584 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 254
2026
3108 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 66
448
570 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 49
301
408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 7
51
58 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 3
30
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies | 8
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Vancouver Island
8 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Vancouver Island
10 Species | Chelipoda contracta Melander, 1947 | India mustard | | Dolichocephala argus Melander, 1928 | | | Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868 | | | Gloma luctuosa Melander, 1928 | | | Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928 | | | Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908 | | | Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927 | | | Oreothalia spinitarsis Wilder, 1981 | Tubercle dodder | | Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002 | | | Rhamphomyia rivalis Bartak, 2002 | |
Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Vancouver Island
 | | 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
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