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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Gambia (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
290
2438
4344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
289
2437
4343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
278
2394
4248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
182
1936
3686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
267
394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
42
237
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
68
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
19
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Gambia
3 Families width 17 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies11SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies4SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gambia
19 Genera with 17 Species
Acropsilus Mik, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Amblypsilopus Bigot, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Asyndetus Loew, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 18492SpeciesTaxom
Corindia Bickel, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1866Long-legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1955Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 19242SpeciesTaxom
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 19021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gambia
17 Species
Asyndetus pseudoseparatus Grichanov, 2013
Chrysosoma aestimabile Parent, 1934
Chrysosoma gemmeum Walker, 1849
Corindia danielssoni Grichanov, 1998
Crossopalpus aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Hydrotaea aenescens Wiedemann, 1830
Dolichopus platyprosopus (Loew, 1866)⇒ Dolichopus incisuralis Loew, 1861
Drapetis arenaria Smith, 1969
Drapetis nyaka Smith, 1969
Empis korana Smith, 1969
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Hydrophorus praecox Lehmann, 1822
Medetera maynei Becker, 1912
Medetera normalis Curran, 1924
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Sympycnus munroi Curran, 1925
Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Thinophilus indigenus Becker, 1902

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Gambia
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
13
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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