Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Elgin County (Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 364
2265
3389 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 363
2263
3387 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 344
2194
3250 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 241
1835
2817 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 60
323
405 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 48
249
307 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 8
33
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 3
11
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Elgin County
3 Families width 14 Species
Genera for Elgin County
11 Genera with 14 Species | Argyra Macquart, 1906 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Campsicnemus Haliday, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Empis Linnaeus, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Gymnopternus Loew, 1857 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Hercostomus Loew, 1857 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Medetera Fischer von ..., 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocydromia Meigen, 1816 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypalpus Macquart, 1864 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Rhaphium Meigen, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tachydromia Meigen, 1995 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Elgin County
14 Species | Argyra albicans Loew, 1861 | | | Argyra currani Van Duzee, 1925 | Oregon yampah | | Argyra robusta Johnson, 1906 | California sandwort | | Campsicnemus scambus Fallen, 1823 | | | Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868 | | | Medetera jacula Fallen, 1823 | | | Medetera vittata Van Duzee, 1919 | Gairdner's yampah | | Ocydromia glabricula Fallen, 1816 | Dance fly | | Platypalpus annulatus Fallen, 1815 | | | Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804 | | | Platypalpus trivialis Loew, 1864 | | | Rhaphium punctitarse Curran, 1924 | | | Tachydromia aemula Loew, 1864 | | | Tachydromia rhyacophila Chvala, 1995 | |
Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Elgin County | Family | Dolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies | 6
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies | 3
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Empidoidea at artfakta.se
Empidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Empidoidea at marinespecies.org
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