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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Ireland (British Isles)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		490
4724
11892		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		487
4717
11885		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		469
4660
11771		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		308
3774
10009		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies		86
777
2103		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies		66
497
1187		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
85
201		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies		4
45
142		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ireland
4 Families width 142 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies57SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies19SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies65SpeciesTaxom
Brachystomatidae Melander, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ireland
45 Genera with 142 Species
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Achalcus Haliday, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Amblypsilopus Bigot, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Anepsiomyia Bezzi, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Aphrosylus Haliday, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Argyra Macquart, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Bicellaria Macquart, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorus Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1832Long-legged flies17SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182217SpeciesTaxom
Euthyneura Macquart, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopternus Loew, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1827Balloon Flies18SpeciesTaxom
Hybos Meigen, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18223SpeciesTaxom
Leptopeza Macquart, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 18243SpeciesTaxom
Micropygus Bickel & Dyte, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Ocydromia Meigen, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 18225SpeciesTaxom
Poecilobothrus Mik, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 178021SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 18243SpeciesTaxom
Scellus Loew, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Sybistroma Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 18334SpeciesTaxom
Tachypeza Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Trichopeza Rondani, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochlorus Loew, 20081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ireland
142 Species
Achalcus britannicus Pollet, 1996
Amblypsilopus exul Parent, 1932
Anepsiomyia flaviventris Meigen, 1824
Aphrosylus celtiber Haliday, 1855
Argyra argyria Meigen, 1824
Argyra diaphana Fabricius, 1775
Bicellaria spuria (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Bicellaria pilosa Lundbeck, 1910
Bicellaria vana Collin, 1926
Campsicnemus curvipes Fallen, 1823
Campsicnemus loripes Haliday, 1832
Campsicnemus scambus Fallen, 1823
Chelifera prectoria Fallen, 1816
Chrysotus (Chrysotus) pallidipalpus (Van Duzee, 1933)⇒ Chrysotus longipalpus Edwards, 1932
Chrysotus neglectus Wiedemann, 1817
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Diaphorus oculatus Fallen, 1823
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) atripes Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) clavipes Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) discifer (Stannius, 1831)⇒ Dolichopus nigricornis Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) griseipennis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) lepidus Stæger, 1842
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) longicornis Stannius, 1831Jointed sandmat
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) simplex Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) urbanus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) vitripennis Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Macrodolichopus) diadema Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus atratus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus festivus Haliday, 1832
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Anacrostichus) verralli Collin, 1927
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Euthyneura halidayi Collin, 1926
Euthyneura myricae (Haliday, 1851)⇒ Euthyneura myrtilli Macquart, 1836
Euthyneura myrtilli Macquart, 1836
Gymnopternus aerosus Fallen, 1823
Gymnopternus celer Meigen, 1824
Gymnopternus cupreus Fallen, 1823
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hercostomus nigripennis Fallen, 1823
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara monedula Collin, 1927
Hilara morata Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara obscura Meigen, 1822
Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hybos culiciformis Fabricius, 1775Dance Fly
Hybos femoratus Muller, 1776
Hydrophorus nebulosus Fallen, 1823
Hydrophorus oceanus Macquart, 1838
Hydrophorus praecox Lehmann, 1822
Leptopeza flavipes Meigen, 1820
Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763
Medetera grisescens Meijere, 1916Fly
Medetera petrophila Kowarz, 1877
Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Micropygus vagans Parent, 1933
Ocydromia glabricula Fallen, 1816Dance fly
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Platypalpus agilis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus candicans Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus cursitans Fabricius, 1775
Platypalpus luteus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus notatus Meigen, 1822
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus Linnaeus, 1767Green Long-legged Fly
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) hirsutipes Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) lamellata Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) sciarina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subcinarescens Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Rhaphium crassipes Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium discolor Zetterstedt, 1838Narrowflower flaxflower
Rhaphium macrocerum (Meigen, 1824)⇒ Rhaphium monotrichum Loew, 1850
Scellus notatus Fabricius, 1781
Sciapus platypterus Fabricius, 1805
Sciapus wiedemanni Fallen, 1823
Sybistroma obscurellus Fallen, 1823
Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
Syntormon pallipes Fabricius, 1794
Tachydromia arrogans Linnaeus, 1761
Tachydromia halidayi Collin, 1926
Tachydromia rhyacophila Chvala, 1995
Tachydromia umbrarum Haliday, 1833
Tachypeza nubila Meigen, 1804
Tachytrechus ammobates Haliday, 1851
Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) ruficornis Haliday, 1838
Thrypticus decoratus Haliday, 1832
Thrypticus thalassinus Haliday, 1832
Trichopeza milleri Smith, 1989
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) lota Walker, 1851
Xanthochlorus galbanus Chandler & N..., 2008

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Ireland
FamilyBrachystomatidae
Melander, 1908
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

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

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies		10
65		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies		8
19		Genera
Species
Taxom



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