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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Wellington Formation (Kansas, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
123
256
470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
122
255
468
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
101
219
382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
53
139
266
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
20
89
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
12
42
101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
32
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
28
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
16
57
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wellington Formation
16 Genera with 57 Species
Apalocnemis Philippi, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 192815SpeciesTaxom
Cladodromia Bezzi, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Doliodromia Collin, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Gynatoma Collin, 19285SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 192811SpeciesTaxom
Icasma Turner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Monodromia Collin, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Oropozella3SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 19281SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wellington Formation
57 Species
Apalocnemis fumosa Hutton, 1901
Apalocnemis simulans Collin, 1928
Atrichopleura compitalis Collin, 1928
Chelifera apicata Collin, 1928
Chelifera tacita Collin, 1928
Chelipoda abdita Collin, 1928
Chelipoda abjecta Collin, 1928
Chelipoda consignata Collin, 1928
Chelipoda delecta Collin, 1928
Chelipoda inconspicua Collin, 1928
Chelipoda interposita Collin, 1928
Chelipoda longicornis Collin, 1928
Chelipoda mirabilis Collin, 1928
Chelipoda moderata Collin, 1928
Chelipoda modica Collin, 1928
Chelipoda oblata Collin, 1928
Chelipoda oblinata Collin, 1928
Chelipoda recurva Collin, 1928
Chelipoda secreta Collin, 1928
Chelipoda trepida Collin, 1928
Cladodromia futilis Collin, 1928
Cladodromia insignita Collin, 1928
Cladodromia negata Collin, 1928
Doliodromia avita Collin, 1928
Empis probata Collin, 1928
Gynatoma continens Collin, 1928
Gynatoma evanescens Collin, 1928
Gynatoma pygmaea Collin, 1928
Gynatoma quadrilineata Collin, 1928
Gynatoma subfulva Collin, 1928
Hemerodromia radialis Collin, 1928
Hilara consanguinea Collin, 1928
Hilara intuta Collin, 1928
Hilara macrura Collin, 1928
Hilara spinulenta Collin, 1928
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Hilara urophylla Collin, 1928
Hilarempis argentella Collin, 1928
Hilarempis brevistyla Collin, 1928
Hilarempis cineracea Collin, 1928
Hilarempis dichropleura Collin, 1928
Hilarempis diversimana Collin, 1928
Hilarempis immota Collin, 1928
Hilarempis longistyla Collin, 1928
Hilarempis minthaphila Collin, 1928
Hilarempis ochrozona Collin, 1928
Hilarempis simillima Collin, 1928
Hilarempis uniseta Collin, 1928
Icasma singularis Collin, 1928
Monodromia fragilis Collin, 1928
Oreogeton maculipennis Collin, 1928
Oreogeton rostratus Collin, 1928
Oreogeton undulatus Collin, 1928
Oropozella antennata Collin, 1928
Oropozella bifurcata Collin, 1928
Oropozella tanycera Collin, 1928
Phyllodromia scopulifera Collin, 1928

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Wellington Formation
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
7
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
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