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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
211
830
1111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
211
830
1111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
206
825
1106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
144
685
939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
37
113
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
30
99
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
34
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
2
5
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
2 Families width 4 Species
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies3SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
5 Genera with 4 Species
Acarterus Loew, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 1822
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Syneches Walker, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tachyempis Melander, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
4 Species
Acarterus darwini Sinclair, 1996
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Syneches dichrous Bezzi, 1909
Tachyempis vitripennis Bezzi, 1908

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Empidoidea at artfakta.se
Empidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Empidoidea at marinespecies.org