Checklist of Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
for Polynesia (Oceania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 633
8871
31367 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 629
8860
31350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 599
8751
31129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 391
6950
25723 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 102
1300
6337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies | 78
885
3945 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 11
188
1077 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies | 4
133
901 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Polynesia
4 Families width 901 Species and 6 Subspecies
Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Polynesia | Family | Brachystomatidae
Melander, 1908
| 6
39 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies | 82
665 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies | 29
157 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies | 16
40 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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