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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
4719
10309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
415
4717
10307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
4621
10120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
3828
8886
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
66
527
1169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
54
425
911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
121
270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
28
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mozambique
3 Families width 36 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies22SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies7SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mozambique
28 Genera with 36 Species
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Amblypsilopus Bigot, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19334SpeciesTaxom
Condylostylus Bigot, 1924Long-Legged Fly1SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorus Meigen, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Diostracus Loew, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1926Long-legged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 20033SpeciesTaxom
Ethiosciapus Bickel, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Paraclius Loew, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Peodes Loew, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenoproctus Loew, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Stuckenbergomyia1SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Syneches Walker, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Tenuopus Curran, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Teuchophorus Loew, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mozambique
36 Species
Amblypsilopus miserus Parent, 1935
Amblypsilopus munroi Curran, 1924
Chrysosoma auratum Curran, 1924
Chrysosoma carum Walker, 1849
Chrysosoma munroi (Curran, 1924)⇒ Amblypsilopus munroi Curran, 1924
Chrysosoma tricrinitum Parent, 1933
Condylostylus imitator Curran, 1924
Diaphorus brunneus Loew, 1858
Diaphorus insufficiens Curran, 1925
Diaphorus lawrencei Curran, 1926
Diostracus chaetodactylus Saigusa, 1984
Dolichopus angularis Macquart, 1842
Dolichopus violacea Curran, 1926
Drapetis aenescens Wiedemann, 1830
Drapetis apicalis Smith, 1969
Drapetis tumbinensis Smith, 1969
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis machipandensis Smith, 1969
Empis spungaberaensis Daugeron & G..., 2003
Ethiosciapus flavirostris Loew, 1858
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hercostomus patellitarsis Parent, 1934
Medetera maynei Becker, 1912
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Peodes penichrotes Wei & Zheng, 1998
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Stenoproctus africanus Smith, 1969
Stenoproctus palpatus Smith, 1969
Stuckenbergomyia tumbinensis Smith, 1969
Syneches usherae Smith, 1969
Tachytrechus capensis (Curran, 1924)⇒ Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Tenuopus acrosticalis Curran, 1927
Teuchophorus ctenomerus Meuffels & G..., 2004
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) flavipalpis Zetterstedt, 1843
Wiedemannia gorongoza Smith, 1969

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Mozambique
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
19
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



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