Checklist of Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
for Northern Isles (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 173
622
992 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 172
621
991 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 161
598
964 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 119
487
827 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 46
155
277 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies | 33
114
197 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 5
29
66 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 3
25
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Northern Isles
3 Families width 62 Species
Genera for Northern Isles
25 Genera with 62 Species
| Achalcus Haliday, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argyra Macquart, 1918 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Bicellaria Macquart, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Campsicnemus Haliday, 1823 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chelifera Macquart, 1816 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chersodromia Walker, 1835 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clinocera Meigen, 1833 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crossopalpus Bigot, 1822 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichocephala Macquart, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichopus Latreille, 1824 | Long-legged flies | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Empis Linnaeus, 1822 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Hilara Meigen, 1816 | Balloon Flies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hybos Meigen, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrophorus Fallen, 1822 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liancalus Loew, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micromorphus Mik, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypalpus Macquart, 1926 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1804 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Rhaphium Meigen, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sybistroma Meigen, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sympycnus Loew, 1823 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Syntormon Loew, 1823 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Trichina Railliet, 1830 | Trichina worms | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northern Isles
62 Species | Achalcus flavicollis Meigen, 1824 | | | Argyra argentina Meigen, 1824 | | | Argyra diaphana Fabricius, 1775 | | | Argyra leucocephala Meigen, 1824 | | | Argyra perplexa Becker, 1918 | | | Bicellaria sulcata Zetterstedt, 1842 | | | Campsicnemus alpinus Haliday, 1833 | | | Campsicnemus armatus Zetterstedt, 1849 | | | Campsicnemus curvipes Fallen, 1823 | | | Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816 | | | Chersodromia alata Walker, 1835 | | | Chersodromia arenaria Haliday, 1833 | | | Chersodromia hirta Walker, 1835 | | | Chrysotus cilipes Meigen, 1824 | | | Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833 | | | Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833 | | | Crossopalpus curvipes Meigen, 1822 | | | Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815 | | | Dolichopus (Dolichopus) griseipennis Stannius, 1831 | | | Dolichopus (Dolichopus) nubilus Meigen, 1824 | | | Dolichopus (Dolichopus) pennatus Meigen, 1824 | | | Dolichopus (Dolichopus) plumipes (Scopoli, 1763) | ⇒ Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831 | | Dolichopus (Dolichopus) popularis Wiedemann, 1817 | Long-legged fly | | Dolichopus (Dolichopus) simplex Meigen, 1824 | | | Dolichopus atratus Meigen, 1824 | | | Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794 | | Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794 | | | Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758 | Dance Fly | | Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816) | ⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869 | | Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804 | | | Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761 | | | Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822 | | | Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816 | | | Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927 | | | Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816 | | | Hybos femoratus Muller, 1776 | | | Hydrophorus praecox Lehmann, 1822 | | | Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763 | | | Micromorphus albipes Zetterstedt, 1843 | | | Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794 | | | Platypalpus candicans Fallen, 1815 | | | Platypalpus ciliaris Fallen, 1816 | | | Platypalpus longicornis Meigen, 1822 | | | Platypalpus longiseta Zetterstedt, 1842 | | | Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804 | | | Platypalpus notatus Meigen, 1822 | | | Platypalpus pallidiventris Meigen, 1822 | | | Platypalpus verralli Collin, 1926 | | | Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) culicina Fallen, 1816 | | | Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838 | | | Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816 | | | Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804 | | | Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804) | ⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926 | | Rhaphium brevicorne Curtis, 1835 | | | Sybistroma obscurellus Fallen, 1823 | | | Sympycnus cirripes Haliday, 1851 | | | Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallen, 1823) | ⇒ Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925 | | Syntormon monile Haliday, 1851 | Alfalfa blotch leafminer | | Syntormon pallipes Fabricius, 1794 | | | Syntormon pumilus Meigen, 1824 | | | Syntormon tarsatus (Fallen, 1823) | ⇒ Syntormon tarsatum Fallen, 1823 | | Trichina clavipes Meigen, 1830 | Stalkless yellowcress |
Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Northern Isles | Family | Dolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies | 12
27 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies | 7
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies | 6
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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