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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Limpopo (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
300
2787
5094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
300
2787
5094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
287
2741
5008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
198
2406
4556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
49
308
436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
42
288
418
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
104
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
11
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Limpopo
4 Families width 4 Species
Hybotidae (Meigen, 1820)Dance flies0SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies3SpeciesTaxom
Brachystomatidae Melander, 19080SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Limpopo
11 Genera with 4 Species
Crossopalpus Bigot, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Drymodromia Becker, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 1758
0SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Nurteria Dyte & Smith, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Rubistella Garrett Jones, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 19971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Limpopo
4 Species
Hemerodromia spectabilis Smith, 1969
Hercostomus argyropus Bigot, 1886
Hercostomus synolcus Steyskal, 1966
Thinophilus ciliventris Grichanov, 1997

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Limpopo
FamilyBrachystomatidae
Melander, 1908
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
4
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
2
0
Genera
Species

Taxom



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