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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
457
1061
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
44
393
934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
105
306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
2
19
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malawi
2 Families width 27 Species and 2 Subspecies
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies26SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malawi
19 Genera with 27 Species
Afrohercostomus Grichanov, 19573SpeciesTaxom
Amblypsilopus Bigot, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Bickeliolus Grichanov, 1996
0SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 01SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19338SpeciesTaxom
Condylostylus Bigot, 1931Long-Legged Fly2SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorus Meigen, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Diostracus Loew, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1863Long-legged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Katangaia Parent, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pelastoneurus Kansensis Al..., 19332SpeciesTaxom
Plagiozopelma Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Syneches Walker, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Tenuopus Curran, 20002SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
27 Species and 2 Subspecies
Afrohercostomus argyropus argyropus Loew, 1858
Afrohercostomus argyropus par Parent, 1934
Afrohercostomus jani Dyte, 1957
Campsicnemus lasiocnemus
Chrysosoma cilifemoratum Parent, 1934
Chrysosoma collarti Curran, 1927
Chrysosoma daveyi Parent, 1939
Chrysosoma ituriense Parent, 1933
Chrysosoma pernigrum Becker, 1923
Chrysosoma praelatum Becker, 1923
Chrysosoma signatum Becker, 1923
Chrysosoma tricrinitum Parent, 1933
Condylostylus imitator Curran, 1924
Condylostylus selectus Parent, 1931
Diaphorus lawrencei Curran, 1926
Diostracus chaetodactylus Saigusa, 1984
Dolichopus afroungulatus Loew, 1873
Dolichopus fractinervis Loew, 1863
Hercostomus argyropus Bigot, 1886
Katangaia mulanjensis Grichanov, 2004
Pelastoneurus micrurus Parent, 1933
Pelastoneurus pedunculatus Parent, 1933
Sciapus integer Becker, 1923
Sympycnus discrepans Parent, 1934
Syneches mamillosus Smith, 1969
Tachytrechus mulanjensis Grichanov, 2004
Tenuopus maculatus Parent, 1931
Tenuopus ntchisi Grichanov, 2000

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Malawi
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
18
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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