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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
320
2218
3746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
318
2216
3744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
306
2167
3663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
206
1748
3051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
56
238
390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
45
199
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
29
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
13
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mauritius
3 Families width 24 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies22SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies1SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mauritius
13 Genera with 24 Species
Argyrochlamys Lamb, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Bickelia Grichanov, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 18241SpeciesTaxom
Craterophorus Lamb, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Mascaromyia Bickel, 199612SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 17671SpeciesTaxom
Microphor Macquart, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Scellus Loew, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19351SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mauritius
24 Species
Argyrochlamys impudicus Lamb, 1922
Bickelia parallela Macquart, 1842
Chrysosoma leucopogon Wiedemann, 1824
Craterophorus currani Grichanov, 1998
Drapetis (Elaphropeza) ephippiata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Hydrophorus oceanus Macquart, 1838
Mascaromyia albitarsis Sturtevant &..., 1954
Mascaromyia babichae Grichanov, 1996
Mascaromyia bickeli Grichanov, 1996
Mascaromyia dytei Grichanov, 1996
Mascaromyia frolovi Grichanov, 1996
Mascaromyia hutsoni Grichanov, 1996
Mascaromyia kalinkini Grichanov, 1996
Mascaromyia leptogaster Thomson, 1869
Mascaromyia makhotkini Grichanov, 1996
Mascaromyia mauritiensis Parent, 1939
Mascaromyia rufiventris Macquart, 1842
Mascaromyia shabuninae Grichanov, 1996
Medetera diadema Linnaeus, 1767
Microphor crassipes Macquart, 1827
Scellus notatus Fabricius, 1781
Sciapus mauritiensis Parent, 1939
Sympycnus antiquus Parent, 1935

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Mauritius
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
11
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
1
1
Genus
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