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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region West Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
83
647
1589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
63
486
1216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
150
525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
33
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
6 Genera with 6 Species
Bandella Bickel, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Thinempis Bickel, 19962SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
6 Species
Bandella costalis Bickel, 2002
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Thinempis austera Bickel, 1996
Thinempis esperance Bickel, 1996

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in West Australia
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
1
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