Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1986
3848 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1983
3844 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1955
3809 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1398
2793 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 45
247
397 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 34
194
316 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 8
70
137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 3
12
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Lesotho
3 Families width 23 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Lesotho
12 Genera with 23 Species | Acarterus Loew, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrodromia Smith, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrohercostomus Grichanov, 2010 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brachystoma Meigen, 1969 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drymodromia Becker, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Empis Linnaeus, 1969 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hilarempis Bezzi, 1967 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrophorus Fallen, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liancalus Loew, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypalpus Macquart, 1969 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tachydromia Meigen, 1969 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesotho
23 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acarterus pallidus Sinclair, 1996 | | | Afrodromia reducta Smith, 1969 | | | Afrohercostomus argyropus argyropus Loew, 1858 | | | Afrohercostomus stuckenbergi Grichanov, 2010 | | | Brachystoma apicale Smith, 1969 | | | Brachystoma apicalis Smith, 1969 | | | Drymodromia pseudofemorata Smith, 1969 | | | Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868 | | | Empis setitarsus Smith, 1969 | | | Hilarempis basuta Smith, 1967 | | | Hilarempis breviseta Smith, 1967 | | | Hilarempis julianus Smith, 1967 | | | Hydrophorus spinicornis Loew, 1858 | | | Liancalus peringueyi Curran, 1926 | | | Platypalpus impololoi Smith, 1969 | | | Platypalpus malotiensis Smith, 1969 | | | Platypalpus tsitsikama Smith, 1969 | | | Platypalpus tsitsikamai | | | Platypalpus vicina | | | Platypalpus vicinus Smith, 1969 | | | Tachydromia lilaniensis Smith, 1969 | | | Tachydromia petrabilis Smith, 1969 | | | Wiedemannia rudebecki Smith, 1967 | |
Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Lesotho | Family | Dolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies | 6
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies | 3
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Empidoidea at artfakta.se
Empidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Empidoidea at marinespecies.org
|
