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Checklist for Subfamily Empidinae Latreille, 1809
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
127
3884
28408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
98
3054
20697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
14
719
6965
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
187
1732
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
31
374
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
6
202
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
6 Genera with 202 Species
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 1969113SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1969Balloon Flies34SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 196937SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 186413SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
202 Species
Atrichopleura burchelli Smith, 1969
Atrichopleura livingstonei Smith, 1969
Atrichopleura livingstoni Smith, 1969
Atrichopleura tephrodes Philippi, 1865
Empis (Coptophlebia) aberdarensis Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) appendiculata Collin, 1938
Empis (Coptophlebia) barbitos Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) calvinia Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) confluens Becker, 1907
Empis (Coptophlebia) cuthbertsoni Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasytarsus Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) edwardsi Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) jacksoni Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) kafiri Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) lyra Smith, 1967
Empis (Coptophlebia) makalaka Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) makalolo Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) mashona Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) matabele Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) maviti Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) namwamba Smith, 1971
Empis (Coptophlebia) turneri Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) umslingaani Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) vetula Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Disneyempis) hirsutipennis Smith, 1976
Empis (Disneyempis) spinifemorata Daugeron, 2000
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) decora Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) mediocris Becker, 1907
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) similis Becker, 1908
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) morio Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Euempis) spiralis Collin, 1937
Empis (Kritempis) algira Macquart, 1838
Empis (Leptempis) lindneri Oldenberg, 1925
Empis (Lissempis) liosoma Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Pachymeria) suberis Becker, 1907
Empis (Pachymeria) trianguligera Strobl, 1898
Empis (Xanthempis) styriaca Strobl, 1893
Empis abrupta Thomson, 1869
Empis adamsi Smith, 1967
Empis albicincta Loew, 1858
Empis albidiseta Becker, 1907
Empis argentea Daugeron, 2000
Empis argyriventris Smith, 1969
Empis barotse Smith, 1969
Empis basilaris Becker, 1908
Empis bechuana Smith, 1969
Empis bivittata Wiedemann, 1824
Empis brazzavillensis Daugeron, 2001
Empis brincki Smith, 1967
Empis cetywayoi Smith, 1969
Empis chopardi Daugeron, 1997
Empis chrysocera Collin, 1930
Empis cinerarius Daugeron & G..., 2003
Empis colonica Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Empis crassifila Loew, 1858
Empis cyrenaica Bezzi, 1925
Empis damara Smith, 1969
Empis demissa Collin, 1949
Empis dingaani Smith, 1969
Empis dumetorum Philippi, 1865
Empis edithae Daugeron, 1997
Empis exotica Wiedemann, 1824
Empis fulvicollis Collin, 1933
Empis ghigiana Bezzi, 1924
Empis glandis Smith, 1969
Empis hirticrus Melander, 1928
Empis hirtipes (Wiedemann, 1824)⇒ Empis hirticrus Melander, 1928
Empis ifranensis Daugeron, 1997
Empis incompleta Macquart, 1846
Empis indumeni Smith, 1969
Empis inornata Loew, 1858
Empis juxtaripa Daugeron, 2001
Empis korana Smith, 1969
Empis lachaisei Daugeron & G..., 2005
Empis lasionota (Loew, 1869)⇒ Empis picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis loici Daugeron & G..., 2005
Empis machipandensis Smith, 1969
Empis macquarti Becker, 1907
Empis macropus Loew, 1858
Empis macrorrhyncha Philippi, 1865
Empis makololo Smith, 1969
Empis montezuma Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis namaqua Smith, 1969
Empis natalensis Smith, 1967
Empis nigrimana Becker, 1907
Empis nigrisquama Smith, 1969
Empis nimbaensis Daugeron & G..., 2005
Empis orapaensis S. B. Waters, 1989
Empis oribi Smith, 1969
Empis pachymerina Schiner, 1868
Empis perpendicularis Loew, 1858
Empis plumata Daugeron, 2001
Empis poecilosoma Melander, 1946
Empis portia Smith, 1971
Empis proboprocera Daugeron, 2000
Empis pruinosa Wiedemann, 1824
Empis pseudosetitarsus Daugeron & G..., 2003
Empis samaruensis Daugeron, 2001
Empis setitarsus Smith, 1969
Empis singulare Daugeron, 2001
Empis specularis Bezzi, 1909
Empis spinosa Daugeron & G..., 2003
Empis spungaberaensis Daugeron & G..., 2003
Empis subnitida Becker, 1914
Empis umslangaani Smith, 1969
Empis umzilai Smith, 1969
Empis valga Collin, 1938
Empis validis Adams, 1905
Empis verae Smith, 1969
Empis vina Smith, 1971
Empis vumba Smith, 1969
Hilara algira Macquart, 1838
Hilara amaranta Becker, 1907
Hilara barbata Chvala, 2008
Hilara bicrassitibia Smith, 1969
Hilara capensis Schiner, 1868
Hilara castanipes Loew, 1858
Hilara chiragrica Speiser, 1910
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara crassitibia Smith, 1969
Hilara danielssoni Chvala, 2008
Hilara delta Smith, 1969
Hilara dentata (Smith, 1969)⇒ Hilara neodentata Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hilara empidoides Frey, 1958
Hilara fortis Becker, 1914
Hilara fusitibia Strobl, 1899
Hilara gamma Smith, 1969
Hilara lasiopa (Strobl, 1892)⇒ Hilara matronella Straka, 1976
Hilara laurae Becker, 1908
Hilara lucidifrons Becker, 1909
Hilara magica Mik, 1887
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Hilara matronella Straka, 1976
Hilara neodentata Yang, Zhang ..., 2007
Hilara omega Smith, 1969
Hilara philina Speiser, 1910
Hilara quadrifaria Strobl, 1892
Hilara recurva Smith, 1969
Hilara rostrata Chvala, 2008
Hilara royi Chvala, 2008
Hilara schachti Chvala, 2008
Hilara sextaseta Smith, 1969
Hilara striaticollis Becker, 1907
Hilara tabarkensis Chvala, 2008
Hilara upsilon Smith, 1969
Hilarempis adrianus Smith, 1969
Hilarempis alpha Smith, 1969
Hilarempis antenniseta Smith, 1969
Hilarempis basalis Smith, 1969
Hilarempis basuta Smith, 1967
Hilarempis beta Smith, 1969
Hilarempis breviseta Smith, 1967
Hilarempis carlieri Smith, 1969
Hilarempis cervina Loew, 1858
Hilarempis completa Loew, 1858
Hilarempis crassitarsus Smith, 1969
Hilarempis darglensis Smith, 1969
Hilarempis dasytibia Smith, 1969
Hilarempis dumicola Philippi, 1865
Hilarempis evae Smith, 1969
Hilarempis fasciata Smith, 1969
Hilarempis fratercula Smith, 1969
Hilarempis hammondi Smith, 1969
Hilarempis heterogastra Loew, 1858
Hilarempis imbeza Smith, 1969
Hilarempis inerma Smith, 1969
Hilarempis julianus Smith, 1967
Hilarempis juri Smith, 1962
Hilarempis longipennis Smith, 1967
Hilarempis msingi Smith, 1967
Hilarempis neptunus Smith, 1969
Hilarempis nondescripta Smith, 1969
Hilarempis robusta Smith, 1969
Hilarempis robustus Smith, 1969
Hilarempis smithii Hutton, 1901
Hilarempis sordida Loew, 1858
Hilarempis soror Smith, 1969
Hilarempis stenostoma Collin, 1933
Hilarempis tenuicornis Smith, 1969
Hilarempis trochanterata Smith, 1969
Hilarempis undumeni Smith, 1969
Hilarempis vicina Smith, 1969
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) beckeriella Chvala, 1985
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) maroccana Collin, 1953
Rhamphomyia collini Smith, 1971
Rhamphomyia empidiformis Becker, 1909
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhamphomyia mallos Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Rhamphomyia rhodesiensis Collin, 1938
Rhamphomyia taylori Smith, 1971
Rhamphomyia tenuipes Becker, 1907
Rhamphomyia umbrosa Loew, 1864

Subnodes of Empidinae with occurrences in Africa
TribeEmpidini
Latreille, 1809
3
127
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHilarini
Collin, 1961
1
34
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Empidinae at artfakta.se
Empidinae at dyntaxa.se
Empidinae at itis.gov