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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
148
717
1239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
148
717
1239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
145
712
1235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
106
612
1141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
22
121
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
18
116
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
84
242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Namaqualand
2 Families width 2 Species
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Namaqualand
2 Genera with 2 Species
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Peodes Loew, 19981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namaqualand
2 Species
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Peodes penichrotes Wei & Zheng, 1998

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Namaqualand
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged 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