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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
581
1558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
215
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
32
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
9
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
9 Genera with 12 Species
Afrodromia Smith, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Drymodromia Becker, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1969Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
12 Species
Afrodromia longicornis Smith, 1969
Drymodromia capensis Smith, 1969
Drymodromia reducta Smith, 1969
Drymodromia similis Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) vetula Smith, 1969
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hilara gamma Smith, 1969
Hilara recurva Smith, 1969
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
6
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