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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Gower Peninsula (Swansea, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
239
1335
2575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
238
1334
2574
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
233
1321
2554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
182
1171
2363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
485
1162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
58
419
1028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
63
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
47
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Gower Peninsula
4 Families width 184 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies91SpeciesTaxom
Atelestidae Hennig, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies45SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies47SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gower Peninsula
47 Genera with 184 Species
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Anepsiomyia Bezzi, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Aphrosylus Haliday, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Argyra Macquart, 18174SpeciesTaxom
Atelestus Walker, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Bicellaria Macquart, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Chersodromia Walker, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotimus Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 18577SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorus Meigen, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1832Long-legged flies18SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 176112SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 185711SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1898Balloon Flies19SpeciesTaxom
Hybos Meigen, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18224SpeciesTaxom
Leptopeza Macquart, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Machaerium Haliday, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 18248SpeciesTaxom
Microphor Macquart, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Muscidideicus Becker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Ocydromia Meigen, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Oedalea Meigen, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Orthoceratium Schrank, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 184923SpeciesTaxom
Poecilobothrus Mik, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 184211SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 18244SpeciesTaxom
Schoenophilus Mik, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 18246SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Tachypeza Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Teuchophorus Loew, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Trichina Railliet, 1838Trichina worms3SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochlorus Loew, 18172SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gower Peninsula
184 Species
Anepsiomyia flaviventris Meigen, 1824
Aphrosylus celtiber Haliday, 1855
Aphrosylus raptor Haliday, 1851
Argyra argyria Meigen, 1824
Argyra diaphana Fabricius, 1775
Argyra perplexa Becker, 1918
Argyra vestita Wiedemann, 1817
Atelestus pulicarius Fallen, 1816
Bicellaria simplicipes Zetterstedt, 1842
Bicellaria spuria (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Bicellaria pilosa Lundbeck, 1910
Bicellaria vana Collin, 1926
Campsicnemus armatus Zetterstedt, 1849
Campsicnemus curvipes Fallen, 1823
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Chersodromia hirta Walker, 1835
Chersodromia incana Walker, 1851
Chrysotimus molliculus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus cilipes Meigen, 1824
Chrysotus femoratus (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Chrysotus chilensis Van Duzee, 1930
Chrysotus gramineus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus neglectus Wiedemann, 1817
Chrysotus palustris Verrall, 1876
Chrysotus pulchellus Kowarz, 1874
Chrysotus suavis Loew, 1857
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Crossopalpus curvipes Meigen, 1822
Crossopalpus setiger Loew, 1859
Diaphorus nigricans Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) acuticornis (Wiedemann, 1817)⇒ Dolichopus longicornis Stannius, 1831
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) longitarsis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) notatus Staeger, 1842
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) nubilus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) pennatus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) plumipes (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) sabinus Haliday, 1838
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) signifer Haliday, 1838
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) simplex Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) trivialis Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) vitripennis Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Macrodolichopus) diadema Haliday, 1832
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Hercostomus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Gymnopternus aerosus Fallen, 1823
Hercostomus chalybeus (Wiedemann, 1817)⇒ Ethiromyia chalybea Wiedemann, 1817
Hercostomus chetifer Walker, 1849
Hercostomus germanus Wiedemann, 1817
Hercostomus gracilis Stannius, 1831
Hercostomus metallicus (Stannius, 1831)⇒ Gymnopternus metallicus Stannius, 1831
Hercostomus nigrilamellatus Macquart, 1827
Hercostomus nigripennis Fallen, 1823
Hercostomus nigriplantis Stannius, 1831
Hercostomus parvilamellatus Macquart, 1827
Hercostomus plagiatus Loew, 1857
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara biseta Collin, 1927
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara discoidalis Lundbeck, 1910
Hilara flavipes Meigen, 1822
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara media Collin, 1927
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrohirta Collin, 1927
Hilara pseudocornicula Strobl, 1909
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara ternovensis Strobl, 1898
Hybos culiciformis Fabricius, 1775Dance Fly
Hybos femoratus Muller, 1776
Hydrophorus balticus Meigen, 1824
Hydrophorus bipunctatus Lehmann, 1822
Hydrophorus oceanus Macquart, 1838
Hydrophorus praecox Lehmann, 1822
Leptopeza ruficollis (Meigen, 1820)⇒ Leptopeza flavipes Meigen, 1820
Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763
Machaerium maritimae Haliday, 1832
Medetera abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955
Medetera impigra Collin, 1941
Medetera jacula Fallen, 1823
Medetera muralis Meigen, 1824
Medetera nitida Macquart, 1834
Medetera petrophila Kowarz, 1877
Medetera saxatilis Collin, 1941
Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Microphor anomalus Meigen, 1824
Microphor holosericeus Meigen, 1804
Muscidideicus praetextatus Haliday, 1855
Ocydromia glabricula Fallen, 1816Dance fly
Oedalea holmgreni Zetterstedt, 1852
Oedalea stigmatella Zetterstedt, 1842
Oedalea tibialis Macquart, 1827
Oedalea zetterstedti Collin, 1926
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Orthoceratium lacustre Scopoli, 1763
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Platypalpus agilis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus albiseta Panzer, 1806
Platypalpus annulipes Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus australominutus Grootaert, 1989
Platypalpus calceatus Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus candicans Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus ciliaris Fallen, 1816
Platypalpus clarandus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus cursitans Fabricius, 1775
Platypalpus laticinctus Walker, 1851
Platypalpus longicornis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus longiseta Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus luteolus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus niger Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus notatus Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus pallidicornis Collin, 1926
Platypalpus pallidiventris Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus pectoralis Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus pictitarsis Becker, 1902
Platypalpus politus (Collin, 1926)⇒ Platypalpus politellus Melander, 1928
Platypalpus stabilis Collin, 1961
Platypalpus strigifrons Zetterstedt, 1849
Poecilobothrus fumipennis (Stannius, 1831)⇒ Poecilobothrus principalis Loew, 1861
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus Linnaeus, 1767Green Long-legged Fly
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caesia Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhaphium auctum Loew, 1857
Rhaphium brevicorne Curtis, 1835
Rhaphium discolor Zetterstedt, 1838Narrowflower flaxflower
Rhaphium fasciatum Meigen, 1824
Schoenophilus versutus Haliday, 1851
Sciapus contristans Wiedemann, 1817
Sciapus laetus Meigen, 1838
Sciapus platypterus Fabricius, 1805
Sciapus wiedemanni Fallen, 1823
Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
Syntormon aulicus (Meigen, 1824)⇒ Syntormon aulicum Meigen, 1824
Syntormon bicolorellum Zetterstedt, 1843
Syntormon filiger Verrall, 1912
Syntormon monile Haliday, 1851Alfalfa blotch leafminer
Syntormon pallipes Fabricius, 1794
Syntormon pumilus Meigen, 1824
Tachydromia arrogans Linnaeus, 1761
Tachydromia umbrarum Haliday, 1833
Tachypeza nubila Meigen, 1804
Tachytrechus insignis Stannius, 1831
Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Tachytrechus ripicola Loew, 1857
Teuchophorus spinigerellus Zetterstedt, 1843
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) flavipalpis Zetterstedt, 1843
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) ruficornis Haliday, 1838
Trichina bilobata Collin, 1926
Trichina clavipes Meigen, 1830Stalkless yellowcress
Trichina pallipes Zetterstedt, 1838
Xanthochlorus ornatus Haliday, 1832
Xanthochlorus tenellus Wiedemann, 1817

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Gower Peninsula
FamilyAtelestidae
Hennig, 1970
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
26
91
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
8
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
12
45
Genera
Species

Taxom



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