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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Wicken Fen (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
345
2566
5834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
344
2565
5833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
334
2541
5791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
258
2248
5321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
78
620
1650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
60
445
1214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
54
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
48
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
6
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wicken Fen
6 Genera with 46 Species
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182213SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies14SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ragas Walker, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 192616SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wicken Fen
46 Species
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) caudatula 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 (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1819)⇒ Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara quadriseta Collin, 1927
Hilara recedens Walker, 1851
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Ragas unica Walker, 1837
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albitarsis Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) atra Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Wicken Fen
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
43
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
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