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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Macaronesia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
526
5757
13395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
522
5738
13355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
504
5673
13247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
319
4508
10911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
912
2398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
70
629
1598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
141
446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
48
181
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Macaronesia
3 Families width 181 Species and 1 Subspecies
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies47SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies95SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies39SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Macaronesia
48 Genera with 181 Species
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Amictoides Bourgogne, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Aphrosylus Haliday, 185712SpeciesTaxom
Argyra Macquart, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopleura Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Balfouria Parent, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18568SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Chersodromia Walker, 19704SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotimus Loew, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 190613SpeciesTaxom
Cladodromia Bezzi, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 199112SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 20193SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1875Long-legged flies8SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19588SpeciesTaxom
Dysaletria Loew, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 186810SpeciesTaxom
Falbouria Dyte, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopternus Loew, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 19298SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1908Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18223SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 19919SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Machaerium Haliday, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 18248SpeciesTaxom
Neurigona Rondani, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Orthoceratium Schrank, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Parathalassius Mik, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 195817SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 18307SpeciesTaxom
Sphicosa Philippi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Stilpon Loew, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19086SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Teneriffa Becker, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Teuchophorus Loew, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Trigonocera Becker, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochlorus Loew, 18321SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Macaronesia
181 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amictoides breviventris Philippi, 1865
Aphrosylus argyreatus Frey, 1945
Aphrosylus atlanticus Dahl, 1960
Aphrosylus beckeri Parent, 1927
Aphrosylus calcarator Frey, 1945
Aphrosylus canariensis Parent, 1929
Aphrosylus jucundus Becker, 1908
Aphrosylus lindbergi Frey, 1958
Aphrosylus madeirensis Frey, 1949
Aphrosylus occultus Becker, 1908
Aphrosylus raptor Haliday, 1851
Aphrosylus salensis Grootaert & ..., 2019
Aphrosylus venator Loew, 1857
Argyra argyria Meigen, 1824
Argyra canariensis Becker, 1918
Atrichopleura tephrodes Philippi, 1865
Balfouria acorensis (Parent, 1933)⇒ Falbouria acorensis Parent, 1933
Campsicnemus armoricanus Parent, 1926
Campsicnemus atlanticus Dyte, 1980
Campsicnemus crinitarsis Strobl, 1906
Campsicnemus curvipes Fallen, 1823
Campsicnemus loripes Haliday, 1832
Campsicnemus mirabilis Frey, 1945
Campsicnemus pumilio Zetterstedt, 1843
Campsicnemus umbripennis Loew, 1856
Chelifera nubecula Becker, 1908
Chersodromia colliniana Frey, 1936
Chersodromia gratiosa Becker, 1908
Chersodromia oraria Collin, 1966
Chersodromia pseudohirta Chvala, 1970
Chrysotimus varicoloris Becker, 1908
Chrysotus albibarbus Loew, 1857
Chrysotus azoricus Frey, 1945
Chrysotus barretoi Becker, 1908
Chrysotus chilensis Van Duzee, 1930
Chrysotus cilipes Meigen, 1824
Chrysotus elongatus Parent, 1934
Chrysotus femoratus (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Chrysotus chilensis Van Duzee, 1930
Chrysotus neglectus Wiedemann, 1817
Chrysotus polychaetus Frey, 1945
Chrysotus subfemoratus (Frey, 1940)⇒ Chrysotus cilipes Meigen, 1824
Chrysotus vulcanicola Frey, 1945
Chrysotus vulvanicola Frey, 1945
Chrysotus xanthoprasinus Bezzi, 1906
Cladodromia bicolor Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia flavipes Philippi, 1865
Cladodromia pratincola Philippi, 1865
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera amarantha Becker, 1908
Clinocera azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera biacuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera dahli Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera haemorrhoidalis Becker, 1908
Clinocera maderensis Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Clinocera rabacali Frey, 1940
Clinocera sexmculata Frey, 1945
Clinocera storai Frey, 1945
Clinocera tetracuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Crossopalpus aeneus Walker, 1871
Crossopalpus complicatus Grootaert & ..., 2019
Crossopalpus salensis Grootaert & ..., 2019
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) griseipennis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) nubilus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) signifer Haliday, 1838
Dolichopus (Macrodolichopus) diadema Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus anacrostichus Frey, 1945
Dolichopus marshalli Parent, 1933
Dolichopus simillimus Parent, 1933
Dolichopus strigipes Verrall, 1875
Drapetis (Drapetis) assimilis Fallen, 1815
Drapetis (Drapetis) disparilis Frey, 1936
Drapetis (Drapetis) flavicoxalis Frey, 1936
Drapetis (Drapetis) pusilla Loew, 1859
Drapetis (Drapetis) storai Frey, 1936
Drapetis antennata Becker, 1909
Drapetis nitidifrons Frey, 1958
Drapetis tiagoana Frey, 1958
Dysaletria complicans Frey, 1958
Dysaletria varicolor Becker, 1908
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) similis Becker, 1908
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis basilaris Becker, 1908
Empis dumetorum Philippi, 1865
Empis fulvicollis Collin, 1933
Empis lasionota (Loew, 1869)⇒ Empis picipes Meigen, 1804
Empis montezuma Wheeler & Me..., 1901
Empis pachymerina Schiner, 1868
Falbouria acorensis Parent, 1933
Hemerodromia claripennis Frey, 1958
Hercostomus appendiculatus Loew, 1859
Hercostomus canariensis Santos Abreu, 1929
Hercostomus exarticulatus Loew, 1857
Hercostomus femoratus Santos Abreu, 1929
Hercostomus insularum Becker, 1917
Hercostomus ponderosus (Frey, 1958)⇒ Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Hercostomus santosi Parent, 1929
Hercostomus testaceus Santos Abreu, 1929
Hilara empidoides Frey, 1958
Hilara laurae Becker, 1908
Hilarempis dumicola Philippi, 1865
Hydrophorus balticus Meigen, 1824
Hydrophorus poliogaster Philippi, 1865
Hydrophorus praecox Lehmann, 1822
Kowarzia azorica Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia biacuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Kowarzia dahli Vaillant, 1964
Kowarzia haemorrhoidalis (Becker, 1908)⇒ Clinocera haemorrhoidalis Becker, 1908
Kowarzia maderensis Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Kowarzia rabacali Frey, 1940
Kowarzia sexmaculata Frey, 1945
Kowarzia tetracuminata Wagner & Sta..., 1991
Liancalus glaucus Becker, 1908
Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763
Machaerium maritimae Haliday, 1832
Medetera ambigua (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Medetera nitida Macquart, 1834
Medetera dendrobaena Kowarz, 1877
Medetera parvicornis Santos Abreu, 1929
Medetera pulchrifacies Santos Abreu, 1929
Medetera saxatilis Collin, 1941
Medetera storai Frey, 1935
Medetera sylvestris Becker, 1908
Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Neurigona biflexa Strobl, 1909
Orthoceratium lacustre Scopoli, 1763
Parathalassius blasigii Mik, 1891
Platypalpus altuum Frey, 1958
Platypalpus argenteomicans Becker, 1908
Platypalpus baezi Grootaert & ..., 1989
Platypalpus canariensis Grootaert & ..., 1992
Platypalpus chilensis Philippi, 1865
Platypalpus fusicnemis Grootaert & ..., 1992
Platypalpus marcosbaezi Grootaert & ..., 1992
Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus obscuripes Strobl, 1899
Platypalpus ornatipes Bigot, 1892
Platypalpus pallidiventris Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus sejunctus Collin, 1949
Platypalpus simplicitarsis Chvala & Kov..., 1974
Platypalpus submicans Frey, 1958
Platypalpus teneriffensis Becker, 1908
Platypalpus testaceus Philippi, 1865
Platypalpus vulcanicus Frey, 1958
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) gibba Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Rhaphium brevicorne Curtis, 1835
Rhaphium speciosum Santos Abreu, 1929
Roederiodes longirostris Frey, 1940
Roederiodes longistris Frey, 1940
Sciapus brioni Becker, 1918
Sciapus evulgata Becker, 1922
Sciapus glaucescens Loew, 1856
Sciapus glaucescens brioni Becker, 1918
Sciapus montium Becker, 1908
Sciapus occultus (Santos Abreu, 1929)⇒ Sciapus evulgata Becker, 1922
Sciapus pallens Wiedemann, 1830
Sphicosa nigra Philippi, 1865
Stilpon appendiculatus Frey, 1936
Stilpon graminum Fallen, 1815
Stilpon lunatus (Walker, 1851)⇒ Stilpon nubilus Collin, 1926
Stilpon nubilus Collin, 1926
Sympycnus aeneicoxa Meigen, 1824
Sympycnus gorgon Frey, 1958
Sympycnus hispidus Becker, 1908
Sympycnus lineatus Loew, 1861
Sympycnus pessimplex Steyskal, 1967
Sympycnus simplicipes (Becker, 1908)⇒ Sympycnus pessimplex Steyskal, 1967
Syntormon pallipes Fabricius, 1794
Syntormon pumilus Meigen, 1824
Tachydromia pseudointerrupta Chvala, 1970
Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Teneriffa spicata Becker, 1908
Teuchophorus bipilosus Becker, 1908
Teuchophorus cupreoobscurus Santos Abreu, 1929
Thrypticus cupreus Macquart, 1838
Trigonocera rivosa Becker, 1902
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) lagunae Becker, 1908
Xanthochlorus ornatus Haliday, 1832

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Macaronesia
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
27
95
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
14
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
7
39
Genera
Species

Taxom



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