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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
540
5659
24814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
540
5659
24814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
504
5565
24690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
313
4026
19922
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
672
3102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
59
490
2022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
88
454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
53
355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West China
9 Genera with 24 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 20053SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19918SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Trichoclinocera Collin, 20052SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West China
24 Species
Chelifera emeishanica Horvat, 2002
Chelifera ornamenta Horvat, 2002
Chelipoda menglunana Grootaert, Y..., 2000
Chelipoda mengyangana Grootaert, Y..., 2000
Chelipoda sichuanensis Yang & Yang, 1993
Clinocera fluviatilis Brunetti, 1913
Dolichocephala sinica Horvat, 1994
Empis (Coptophlebia) incurva Daugeron & G..., 2005
Empis menglunensis Daugeron & G..., 2005
Empis mengyangensis Daugeron & G..., 2005
Hemerodromia acutata Grootaert, Y..., 2000
Hemerodromia apiciserrata Grootaert, Y..., 2000
Hemerodromia curvata Grootaert, Y..., 2000
Hemerodromia digitata Grootaert, Y..., 2000
Hemerodromia furcata Grootaert, Y..., 2000
Hemerodromia menglunana Grootaert, Y..., 2000
Hemerodromia xanthocephala Yang & Yang, 1991
Hemerodromia xizangensis Yang, 1991
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhamphomyia nigricauda Becker, 1907
Roederiodes chvalai Horvat, 1994
Roederiodes wolongensis Horvat, 1994
Trichoclinocera naumanni Sinclair, 2005
Trichoclinocera yunnata Sinclair, 2005

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in West China
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
13
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