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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Wrexham (Clwyd, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
165
587
927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
165
587
927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
158
575
912
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
133
512
839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
38
141
274
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
27
78
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
25
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
22
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
4
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wrexham
4 Genera with 34 Species
Chelipoda Macquart, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18228SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1898Balloon Flies13SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 182212SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wrexham
34 Species
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara medeteriformis Collin, 1961
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) tibialis Meigen, 1822

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Wrexham
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
33
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