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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region East Midlands (English Midlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
362
2626
5584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
361
2625
5583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
342
2584
5525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
270
2290
5069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
76
572
1365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
58
422
1036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
58
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
37
173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Midlands
3 Families width 173 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies71SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae (Meigen, 1820)Dance flies37SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies65SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Midlands
37 Genera with 173 Species
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Argyra Macquart, 18247SpeciesTaxom
Bicellaria Macquart, 19265SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 18174SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1824Long-legged flies22SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182219SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 18235SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies26SpeciesTaxom
Hybos Meigen, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 18245SpeciesTaxom
Neurigona Rondani, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Ocydromia Meigen, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Oedalea Meigen, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 192619SpeciesTaxom
Poecilobothrus Mik, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 180415SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 18243SpeciesTaxom
Scellus Loew, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Sybistroma Meigen, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Systenus Loew, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Tachypeza Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Teuchophorus Loew, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Trichina Railliet, 1830Trichina worms2SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochlorus Loew, 18321SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Midlands
173 Species
Argyra argentina Meigen, 1824
Argyra argyria Meigen, 1824
Argyra atriceps Loew, 1857
Argyra diaphana Fabricius, 1775
Argyra elongata Zetterstedt, 1843
Argyra ilonae Gosseries, 1988
Argyra leucocephala Meigen, 1824
Bicellaria intermedia Lundbeck, 1910
Bicellaria pilosa Lundbeck, 1910
Bicellaria simplicipes Zetterstedt, 1842
Bicellaria sulcata Zetterstedt, 1842
Bicellaria vana Collin, 1926
Campsicnemus curvipes Fallen, 1823
Campsicnemus scambus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus cilipes Meigen, 1824
Chrysotus cupreus Macquart, 1827
Chrysotus gramineus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus neglectus Wiedemann, 1817
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Crossopalpus medetera Melander, 1902
Crossopalpus nigritellus Zetterstedt, 1842
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) atripes Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) brevipennis Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) campestris Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) claviger Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) clavipes Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) griseipennis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) lepidus Stæger, 1842
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) longicornis Stannius, 1831Jointed sandmat
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) pennatus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) popularis Wiedemann, 1817Long-legged fly
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) signatus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) simplex Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) subpennatus Assis-Fonseca, 1976
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) trivialis Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) urbanus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) vitripennis Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) wahlbergi Zetterstedt, 1843
Dolichopus arbustorum Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus atratus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus festivus Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus nigricornis Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Drapetis (Drapetis) assimilis Fallen, 1815
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Euempis) picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Hercostomus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Gymnopternus aerosus Fallen, 1823
Hercostomus chalybeus (Wiedemann, 1817)⇒ Ethiromyia chalybea Wiedemann, 1817
Hercostomus germanus Wiedemann, 1817
Hercostomus nanus Macquart, 1827
Hercostomus nigripennis Fallen, 1823
Hilara anglodanica Lundbeck, 1913
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara intermedia Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara pilosa Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara primula Collin, 1927
Hilara quadrivitata Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hybos culiciformis Fabricius, 1775Dance Fly
Hybos femoratus Muller, 1776
Hydrophorus litoreus Fallen, 1823
Hydrophorus oceanus Macquart, 1838
Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763
Medetera abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955
Medetera dendrobaena Kowarz, 1877
Medetera flavipes (Meigen, 1824)⇒ Medetera insignis Girschner, 1888
Medetera muralis Meigen, 1824
Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Neurigona quadrifasciata Fabricius, 1781
Ocydromia glabricula Fallen, 1816Dance fly
Oedalea holmgreni Zetterstedt, 1852
Oedalea stigmatella Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus agilis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus annulatus Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus annulipes Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus calceatus Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus candicans Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus interstinctus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus longicornis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus longiseta Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus luteus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus maculipes Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus notatus Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus pallidiventris Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus pallipes Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus parvicauda Collin, 1926
Platypalpus pectoralis Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus pseudofulvipes Frey, 1909
Platypalpus strigifrons Zetterstedt, 1849
Platypalpus verralli Collin, 1926
Poecilobothrus fumipennis (Stannius, 1831)⇒ Poecilobothrus principalis Loew, 1861
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus Linnaeus, 1767Green Long-legged Fly
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhaphium caliginosum Zetterstedt, 1843
Rhaphium crassipes Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium riparium Meigen, 1824
Scellus notatus Fabricius, 1781
Sciapus platypterus Fabricius, 1805
Sybistroma crinipes Staeger, 1842
Sybistroma discipes Germar, 1817
Sybistroma obscurellus Fallen, 1823
Sympycnus aeneicoxa Meigen, 1824
Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
Sympycnus spiculatus Gerstacker, 1864
Syntormon monile Haliday, 1851Alfalfa blotch leafminer
Syntormon pallipes Fabricius, 1794
Syntormon pumilus Meigen, 1824
Syntormon tarsatus (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Syntormon tarsatum Fallen, 1823
Systenus bipartitus Loew, 1850
Tachydromia flavicornis (Macquart, 1823)⇒ Platypalpus flavicornis Meigen, 1822
Tachydromia umbrarum Haliday, 1833
Tachypeza nubila Meigen, 1804
Teuchophorus nigricosta von Roser, 1840
Teuchophorus spinigerellus Zetterstedt, 1843
Thrypticus bellus Loew, 1869
Trichina clavipes Meigen, 1830Stalkless yellowcress
Trichina flavipes (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Trichinomyia flavipes Meigen, 1830
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) rhynchops Nowicki, 1868
Xanthochlorus ornatus Haliday, 1832

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in East Midlands
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
20
71
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
7
65
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
10
37
Genera
Species

Taxom



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