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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Westman Region (Manitoba, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
369
2634
4244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
2632
4242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
349
2570
4137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
2194
3602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
75
547
850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
57
379
568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
52
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
28
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Westman Region
6 Genera with 10 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Westman Region
10 Species
Chelipoda elongata Melander, 1902
Chelipoda truncata Macdonald, 1993
Clinocera (Clinocera) appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia praecipua Bartak, 2002

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Westman Region
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
3
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