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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Vestfold (Vestfold and Telemark, Norway)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
371
2916
6859
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
369
2912
6855
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
2874
6785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
264
2498
6194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
65
427
1130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
48
290
714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
73
270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
49
234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
10
60
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Vestfold
10 Genera with 60 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19833SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182216SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies15SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 185919SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Vestfold
60 Species
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala thomasi Wagner, 1983
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
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) staegeri Collin, 1963
Empis (Euempis) picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hilara abdominalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara gallica Meigen, 1804
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) murina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscuripennis Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tipularia Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) trilineata Zetterstedt, 1859

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Vestfold
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
50
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
1
1
Genus
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