Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Empidoidea (Long-legged Flies) for Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	348 2667 4080	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	348 2667 4080	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	333 2610 3989	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	220 2112 3277	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies	50 276 526	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Brachycera Macquart, 1834 Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies	37 174 272	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Asilomorpha Rohdendorf, 1961	4 32 35	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 Long-legged Flies	2 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ryukyu Islands
2 Families width 6 Species

Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809	Long legged flies	5	Species	Taxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809	Balloon flies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ryukyu Islands
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Ryukyu Islands
6 Species

Chrysosoma crinicorne Wiedemann, 1824
Chrysosoma globiferum Wiedemann, 1830
Hercostomus flavipalpus Negrobov, Ku..., 0
Medetera grisescens Meijere, 1916	Fly
Rhamphomyia clariventris Okada, 1941
Teuchophorus amami Bickel, 1999

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Ryukyu Islands

Family	Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies	4 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Empididae Latreille, 1809 Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

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