Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2340
4567 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2338
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2276
4408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1928
3874 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 56
305
515 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 46
273
456 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 10
108
220 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 3
9
15 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Botswana
3 Families width 15 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Botswana
9 Genera with 15 Species
Species list for Botswana
15 Species and 2 Subspecies | Afrohercostomus argyropus argyropus Loew, 1858 | | | Afrohercostomus argyropus par Parent, 1934 | | | Dolichopus fractinervis Loew, 1863 | | | Dolichopus platyprosopus (Loew, 1866) | ⇒ Dolichopus incisuralis Loew, 1861 | | Dolichopus sukharevae Grichanov, 1998 | | | Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868 | | | Empis macrorrhyncha Philippi, 1865 | | | Empis orapaensis ♰ S. B. Waters, 1989 | | | Medetera norlingi Grichanov, 1997 | | | Medetera polleti Grichanov, 1997 | | | Medetera subchevi Grichanov, 1997 | | | Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873 | | | Pseudoacarterus orapaensis ♰ S. B. Waters, 1989 | | | Thinophilus ciliventris Grichanov, 1997 | | | Thinophilus imperialis Curran, 1924 | | | Thinophilus palpatus Parent, 1929 | |
Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Botswana | Family | Dolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies | 5
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Empidoidea at artfakta.se
Empidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Empidoidea at marinespecies.org
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