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Checklist for Subfamily Empidinae Latreille, 1809
and region West Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
17279
73737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
994
17258
73681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
16814
72502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
498
13287
62755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
128
2643
15081
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
94
1815
9853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
15
370
2074
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
5
134
1243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
31
437
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
319
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
5 Genera with 319 Species
Empis Linnaeus, 1827119SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1999Balloon Flies113SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 195985SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
319 Species
Empis (Anacrostichus) bistortae Meigen, 1822
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Anacrostichus) nitida Meigen, 1804
Empis (Anacrostichus) verralli Collin, 1927
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Coptophlebia) impennis Strobl, 1902
Empis (Coptophlebia) leptomorion Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Coptophlebia) montana Daugeron, 1997
Empis (Coptophlebia) pilimana Loew, 1869
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) acinerea Chvala, 1985
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) alampra Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) albopilosa De Meijere, 1935
Empis (Empis) alpicola Strobl, 1893
Empis (Empis) assimilis Strobl, 1893
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) bohemica Chvala & Syr..., 1989
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) dasyprocta Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) decora Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) genualis Strobl, 1893
Empis (Empis) gooti Chvala, 1994
Empis (Empis) intercepta Melander, 1928
Empis (Empis) laminata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) lepidopus Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) levis Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) maerens Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) malleola Becker, 1887
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) petulans Becker, 1910
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) praevia Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) protarsalis Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) pseudonuntia Syrovatka, 1991
Empis (Empis) pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) pusio Egger, 1860
Empis (Empis) rufiventris Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) serotina Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) staegeri Collin, 1963
Empis (Empis) syrovatkai Chvala, 1985
Empis (Empis) tanysphyra Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) woodi Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) fiumana Egger, 1860
Empis (Euempis) picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis (Euempis) sericans Brullé, 1832
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) abdominalis Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Leptempis) cognata Egger, 1860
Empis (Leptempis) confusa Loew, 1865
Empis (Leptempis) flavitarsis von Roser, 1840
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) lamellata Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Leptempis) maculata Fabricius, 1781
Empis (Leptempis) nigricans Meigen, 1804
Empis (Leptempis) pandellei Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Leptempis) rustica Fallen, 1816
Empis (Leptempis) variegata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Lissempis) liosoma Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Pachymeria) ringdahli Collin, 1969
Empis (Pachymeria) suberis Becker, 1907
Empis (Planempis) frauscheri Strobl, 1901
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) crassa Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) aemula Loew, 1873
Empis (Xanthempis) albifrons Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Xanthempis) concolor Verrall, 1872
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) fagina Daugeron, 2009
Empis (Xanthempis) kuntzei Becker, 1910
Empis (Xanthempis) laetabilis Collin, 1926
Empis (Xanthempis) lagoensis Chvala, 1996
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) montivaga Daugeron, 2000
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) semicinerea Loew, 1867
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) testacea (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Empis scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis (Xanthempis) virgulata Daugeron, 2009
Empis albopliosa Meijere, 1935
Empis ater Macquart, 1827
Empis aurata Villers, 1789
Empis brandti Shamshev & G..., 2005
Empis brevipennata Macquart, 1827
Empis colonica Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Empis crassipes (Schrank, 1781)⇒ Empis nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis demissa Collin, 1949
Empis fiorii Bezzi, 1910
Empis flavicans Olivier, 1791
Empis fusca Daugeron & L..., 2015
Empis holosericea Walker, 1849
Empis hypandrialis Daugeron, 2000
Empis induta Bezzi, 1909
Empis longicornis Macquart, 1823
Empis macrophthalma B. Förster, 1891
Empis macrorrhyncha Philippi, 1865
Empis obscura Macquart, 1827
Empis pallipes (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Empis decora Meigen, 1822
Empis pennaria Fallen, 1816
Empis proxima Meigen, 1838
Empis pseudosemicinerea Daugeron, 2000
Empis sericea Olivier, 1791
Empis sibillina Bezzi, 1899
Empis subpennata Macquart, 1827
Empis tesselata
Empis trivittata Macquart, 1827
Hilara aartseni Chvala, 1997
Hilara abdominalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara acephala Panzer, 1798
Hilara aeronetha Mik, 1892
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albitarsis von Roser, 1840
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara alpicola Chvala, 2001
Hilara andreasi Chvala, 2008
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara angustifrons Strobl, 1892
Hilara apta Collin, 1927
Hilara barbipes Frey, 1908
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara bistriata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara bovina Becker, 1910
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara brevivittata Macquart, 1827
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara cavernicola Melander, 1945Mediterranean cabbage
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cilipes (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara cinerea Macquart, 1834
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara corsicana Chvala, 2008
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara dimidiata Strobl, 1892
Hilara discalis Chvala, 1997
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara discolor Strobl, 1892
Hilara diversipes Strobl, 1892
Hilara embartaki Chvala, 2008
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara fulvipes (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Hilarempis huttoni Bezzi, 1904
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara gallica Meigen, 1804
Hilara globulipes (Fabricius, 1776)⇒ Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara goetzei Chvala, 2005
Hilara gooti Chvala, 1999
Hilara griseifrons (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara heerii F. Meunier, 1915
Hilara helvetica Chvala, 1999
Hilara hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara hybrida Collin, 1961
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interrupta Macquart, 1823
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara lacteipennis (Strobl, 1892)⇒ Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara lasiochira Strobl, 1892
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara longeciliata Strobl, 1906
Hilara longesetosa Strobl, 1910
Hilara longirostris (Macquart, 1827)⇒ Hilara macquarti Straka, 1984
Hilara longivittata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1819)⇒ Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara lundbecki (Frey, 1913)⇒ Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara macquarti Straka, 1984
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Hilara matroniformis Strobl, 1892
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara medeteriformis Collin, 1961
Hilara media Collin, 1927
Hilara merzi Chvala, 1999
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrita Chvala, 2005
Hilara nigritarsis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara nigrocincta De Meijere, 1935
Hilara nitidorella Chvala, 1997
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pallens Macquart, 1823
Hilara paludosa (Becker, 1910)⇒ Hilara longeciliata Strobl, 1906
Hilara pilipes Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara pilosa Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara pilosopectinata Strobl, 1892
Hilara primula Collin, 1927
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara pseudosartrix Strobl, 1892
Hilara pygialis Chvala, 2008
Hilara quadrifasciata Chvala, 2002
Hilara quadriseta Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara quadrivittata Meigen, 1822Dance fly
Hilara quadrula Chvala, 2002
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara rufipes Macquart, 1827
Hilara scrobiculata Loew, 1873
Hilara spinipes Macquart, 1827
Hilara sturmii Wiedemann, 1822
Hilara submaura Collin, 1927
Hilara subpollinosa (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara sulcitarsis Strobl, 1892
Hilara tanychira Strobl, 1892
Hilara tenella Fallen, 1816
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hilara tiefii Strobl, 1892
Hilara triseta Chvala, 2005
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Hilara veltmani Chvala, 1999
Hilara woodi (Collin, 1927)⇒ Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara woodiella Chvala, 1999
Hilara zermattensis Chvala, 1999
Hilarempis huttoni Bezzi, 1904
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) eupterota Loew, 1873
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) nubes Collin, 1969
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) umbripes Becker, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) crassicauda Strobl, 1893
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) culicina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flaviventris Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) lamellata Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) trigemina Oldenberg, 1927
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) nigripes (Strobl, 1898)⇒ Rhamphomyia crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalina (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia anomala Oldenberg, 1915
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalipennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) poissoni Trehen, 1966
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) aethiops Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) atra Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) obscuripennis Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) poplitea Wahlberg, 1844
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) psychomorpha Saigusa, 1964
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) unguiculata Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) anthracina (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Rhamphomyia vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) argentata von Roder, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) armimana Oldenberg, 1910
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) aucta Oldenberg, 1917
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) beckeriella Chvala, 1985
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) erecta Bartak, 1998
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) kreischi Bartak, 1998
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) laevipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) lindneri Bartak, 1998
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) plumipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subcinarescens Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subcinerascens Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) tibialis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) trilineata Zetterstedt, 1859
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) ursina (Oldenberg, 1915)⇒ Rhamphomyia ursinella Melander, 1928
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) vesiculosa Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia appendiculata Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia bicolor Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhamphomyia brevis Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia cervi Bartak, 2006
Rhamphomyia dentipes (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia transversipyga Frey, 1950
Rhamphomyia nitida (Macquart, 1827)⇒ Rhamphomyia micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia nitidicollis (Frey, 1913)⇒ Rhamphomyia obscuripennis Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia ponti Bartak, 2007
Rhamphomyia praecipua Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia rampazzii Bartak, 2006
Rhamphomyia saintbaumensis Bartak, 2007
Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia sellacrinita Bartak, 2007
Rhamphomyia speighti Bartak, 2006
Rhamphomyia ursinella Melander, 1928
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959

Subnodes of Empidinae with occurrences in West Europe
TribeEmpidini
Latreille, 1809
3
205
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHilarini
Collin, 1961
1
113
Genus
Species

Taxom



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