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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region World Oceans


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
404
3172
7032
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
401
3165
7024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3087
6872
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
256
2555
5992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
420
636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
57
312
467
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
67
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
43
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
7
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for World Oceans
7 Genera with 7 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 19471SpeciesTaxom
Oreothalia Melander, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for World Oceans
7 Species
Clinocera fuscipennis Loew, 1876
Empis subinfumata Malloch, 1923Laysan bur cucumber
Gloma luctuosa Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Neoplasta megorchis Melander, 1947
Oreothalia spinitarsis Wilder, 1981Tubercle dodder
Rhamphomyia opacithorax Malloch, 1923Laysan bur cucumber

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in World Oceans
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
2
Genera
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