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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Whiteford Burrows (Gower Peninsula, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
190
962
1620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
190
962
1620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
187
953
1609
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
147
848
1486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
342
678
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
48
305
605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
50
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
36
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
5
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Whiteford Burrows
5 Genera with 22 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 180410SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1909Balloon Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18225SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Whiteford Burrows
22 Species
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Whiteford Burrows
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
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