Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region British Isles (North Europe)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 896
13558
47115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 893
13548
47100 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 807
13239
46382 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 484
10777
40631 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 121
2306
11234 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 91
1547
6940 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 15
310
1334 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 5
132
941 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for British Isles
5 Families width 941 Species and 3 Subspecies
Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in British Isles | Family | Atelestidae
Hennig, 1970
| 4
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Brachystomatidae
Melander, 1908
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies | 71
429 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies | 31
270 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies | 25
233 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Empidoidea at artfakta.se
Empidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Empidoidea at marinespecies.org
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