Checklist of Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 68
560
1261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies | 54
462
1076 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 11
220
644 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 3
36
63 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Namibia
3 Families width 63 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Namibia
36 Genera with 63 Species
| Acropsilus Mik, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrohercostomus Grichanov, 2004 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Amblypsilopus Bigot, 1924 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Asyndetus Loew, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysotus Meigen, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Condylostylus Bigot, 2000 | Long-Legged Fly | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Corindia Bickel, 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptophleps Lichtwardt, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymatopus Kertesz, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diaphorus Meigen, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichopus Latreille, 1998 | Long-legged flies | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Drapetis Meigen, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Empis Linnaeus, 1868 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ethiosciapus Bickel, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grootaertia Grichanov, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemerodromia Meigen, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hercostomus Loew, 2004 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Homalocnemis Philippi, 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrophorus Fallen, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Medetera Fischer von ..., 1997 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Mesorhaga Schiner, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micromorphus Mik, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oropezella Collin, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parentia Hardy, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelastoneurus Kansensis Al..., 1933 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Peodes Loew, 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistostoma Becker, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sympycnus Loew, 1925 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tachyempis Melander, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teuchophorus Loew, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1997 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonocera Becker, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
63 Species and 3 Subspecies | Acropsilus brevitalus Parent, 1937 | | | Afrohercostomus argyropus argyropus Loew, 1858 | | | Afrohercostomus argyropus par Parent, 1934 | | | Afrohercostomus caprivi Grichanov, 2004 | | | Amblypsilopus cilifrons Parents, 1937 | | | Amblypsilopus munroi Curran, 1924 | | | Asyndetus virgatus Curran, 1926 | | | Chrysosoma tricrinitum Parent, 1933 | | | Chrysotus inconspicuus Loew, 1858 | | | Condylostylus imitator Curran, 1924 | | | Condylostylus sinclairi Grichanov, 2000 | | | Corindia saegeri Grichanov, 1998 | | | Cryptophleps rothii Couturier, 1978 | | | Cymatopus griseatus Curran, 1926 | | | Diaphorus lawrencei Curran, 1926 | | | Dolichopus afroungulatus Loew, 1873 | | | Dolichopus angularis Macquart, 1842 | | | Dolichopus fractinervis Loew, 1863 | | | Dolichopus nikolaevae Grichanov, 1998 | | | Drapetis aenescens Wiedemann, 1830 | | | Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868 | | | Ethiosciapus trochanteralis Curran, 1924 | | | Grootaertia skorpionensis Grichanov, 2006 | | | Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928 | | | Hercostomus argyropus Bigot, 1886 | | | Hercostomus caprivi Grichanov, 2004 | | | Homalocnemis namibiensis Chvala, 1991 | | | Hydrophorus hydrophylax Parent, 1939 | | | Hydrophorus jeanneli Parent, 1938 | | | Hydrophorus spinicornis Loew, 1858 | | | Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887 | | | Lichtwardtia nikolaevae (Grichanov, 1998) | ⇒ Dolichopus nikolaevae Grichanov, 1998 | | Medetera africana Grichanov, 2000 | | | Medetera chumakovi Grichanov, 1997 | | | Medetera cimbebasia Grichanov, 2000 | | | Medetera lvovskii Adams, 1903 | | | Medetera norlingi Grichanov, 1997 | | | Medetera otiosa Parent, 1934 | | | Medetera polleti Grichanov, 1997 | | | Medetera pseudotiosa Grichanov, 1999 | | | Medetera rikhterae Grichanov, 1997 | | | Medetera simplicis Curran, 1924 | | | Medetera subchevi Grichanov, 1997 | | | Mesorhaga kirkspriggsi Grichanov, 2000 | | | Micromorphus maraisi Grichanov, 2000 | | | Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873 | | | Parentia asymmetrica Grichanov, 2000 | | | Pelastoneurus ambiguus Parent, 1934 | | | Pelastoneurus micrurus Parent, 1933 | | | Peodes penichrotes Wei & Zheng, 1998 | | | Schistostoma brandbergensis Shamshev & S..., 2006 | | | Sympycnus discrepans Parent, 1934 | | | Sympycnus munroi Curran, 1925 | | | Tachyempis dichroa Bezzi, 1908 | | | Teuchophorus caprivi Grichanov, 2000 | | | Thinophilus (Thinophilus) bipunctatus Curran, 1926 | | | Thinophilus (Thinophilus) munroi Curran, 1926 | | | Thinophilus munroi setiscutellatus Grichanov, 1997 | | | Thinophilus (Thinophilus) prudens Lindner, 1937 | | | Thinophilus imperialis Curran, 1924 | | | Thinophilus indigenus Becker, 1902 | | | Thinophilus palpatus Parent, 1929 | | | Thinophilus setiscutellatus Grichanov, 1997 | | | Thrypticus kataevi Grichanov, 1998 | | | Trigonocera africana Naglis, 1999 | |
Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Namibia | Family | Dolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies | 29
56 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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