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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Kent (Southeast England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
350
2125
3614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
349
2123
3612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
331
2056
3493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
244
1805
3135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
69
403
783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
52
302
559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
31
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
13
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kent
4 Families width 18 Species
Atelestidae Hennig, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae (Latreille, 1809)Long legged flies7SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies6SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae (Meigen, 1820)Dance flies4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kent
13 Genera with 18 Species
Atelestus Walker, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1838Long-legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Helichochaetus Parent, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Machaerium Haliday, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 19761SpeciesTaxom
Parentia Hardy, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Scellus Loew, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 18382SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kent
18 Species
Atelestus dissonans Collin, 1961
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) sabinus Haliday, 1838
Helichochaetus discifer Parent, 1933
Hemerodromia superstitiosa Say, 1824
Hemerodromia vates Melander, 1947India mustard
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara spinulenta Collin, 1928
Machaerium maritimae Haliday, 1832
Medetera oscillans Allen, 1976
Parentia anomalicosta Bickel, 1992
Platypalpus pallidicornis Collin, 1926
Platypalpus pectoralis Fallen, 1815
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subcinerascens Collin, 1926
Scellus notatus Fabricius, 1781
Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
Tachydromia acklandi Chvala, 1973
Tachydromia morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Tachydromia halidayi Collin, 1926

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

Taxom

FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
7
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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