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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Wyoming (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
377
2771
6458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
376
2768
6455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
352
2702
6328
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
2204
5303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
64
417
762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
292
522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
96
223
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
23
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wyoming
8 Genera with 10 Species
Chelifera Macquart, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1901Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Philetus Melander, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Trichoclinocera Collin, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19972SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wyoming
10 Species
Chelifera cirrata Melander, 1947India mustard
Clinocera arnaudi Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera subtrunca Sinclair, 2008
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hilara wheeleri Melander, 1901
Metachela collusor Melander, 1902
Philetus memorandus Melander, 1928
Trichoclinocera rupestris Sinclair, 1994
Wiedemannia comata Melander, 1927
Wiedemannia undulata Sinclair, 1997

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Wyoming
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
3
3
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