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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Santa Cruz (Starr County, Texas, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
174
623
580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
174
623
580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
166
604
554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
120
529
484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
24
72
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
18
55
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
3
10
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Santa Cruz (Starr County)
2 Families width 4 Species
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies3SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Santa Cruz (Starr County)
3 Genera with 4 Species
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Megistostylus Bigot, 17751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Santa Cruz (Starr County)
4 Species
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Megistostylus longicornis Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Santa Cruz (Starr County)
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Empidoidea at artfakta.se
Empidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Empidoidea at marinespecies.org