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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Wales (Great Britain, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
4876
13111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
513
4870
13102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
485
4793
12943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
330
4054
11605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
96
1146
4316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
786
2940
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
122
613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
5
76
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
21
173
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wales
21 Genera with 173 Species
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Aclonempis Collin, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 183812SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18336SpeciesTaxom
Coptophlebia Bezzi, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Dryodromya Rondani, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182236SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18429SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies53SpeciesTaxom
Icasma Turner, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Kritempis Collin, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Lundstroemiella Frey, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Megacyttarus Bigot, 1880
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachymeria Stephens, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 182242SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19275SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wales
173 Species and 1 Subspecies
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 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
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
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) 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) 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) rufiventris Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) woodi Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
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) 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
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
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 unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albitarsis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara angustifrons Strobl, 1892
Hilara apta Collin, 1927
Hilara barbipes Frey, 1908
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara brevivittata Macquart, 1827
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
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 hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1819)⇒ Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
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 pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara quadriseta Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara recedens Walker, 1851
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara sturmii Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Icasma aequabilis Plant, 1991
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) 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) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albitarsis Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) atra Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga 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) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
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) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) tibialis Meigen, 1822
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) lota Walker, 1851
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 Wales
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
131
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
4
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
2
2
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