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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Saudi Arabia (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
278
2042
4455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
277
2041
4453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2029
4437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
188
1652
3788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
50
306
711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
39
233
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
106
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
16
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Saudi Arabia
3 Families width 28 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies25SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Saudi Arabia
16 Genera with 28 Species
Arachnomyia White, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Chaetogonopteron Meijere, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Corindia Bickel, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Cymatopus Kertesz, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorus Meigen, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Dytomyia Bickel, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Heteropsilopus Bigot, 18506SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 19321SpeciesTaxom
Mesorhaga Schiner, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Narrabeenia Bickel, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Nothorhaphium Bickel, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Parentia Hardy, 18354SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoparentia Bickel, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Trichis Klug, 18322SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
28 Species
Arachnomyia arborum White, 1916
Chaetogonopteron colliepa Bickel, 2014
Corindia robensis Bickel, 1986
Cymatopus simplex Parent, 1941
Diaphorus parthenus Hardy & Kohn, 1964
Dytomyia sordidus Parent, 1928
Heteropsilopus brevicornis Macquart, 1850
Heteropsilopus ingenuus Erichson, 1842
Heteropsilopus intermedius Bickel, 1994
Heteropsilopus savicensis Bickel, 1994
Heteropsilopus tantanoola Bickel, 1994
Heteropsilopus trifasciatus Macquart, 1850
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Medetera nigrohalterata Parent, 1932
Mesorhaga wanbi Bickel, 1994
Narrabeenia spinipes Bickel, 1994
Nothorhaphium aemulans Becker, 1922
Nothorhaphium nudicorne Bickel, 1999
Nothorhaphium pudicum Parent, 1932
Parentia backyama Bickel, 1994
Parentia dispar Macquart, 1850
Parentia dubia Parent, 1929
Parentia tricolor Walker, 1835
Pseudoparentia centralis Bickel, 1994
Pseudoparentia nullaborensis Bickel, 1994
Syntormon xiphandroides Parent, 1932
Trichis maculata Klug, 1832
Trichis pallida Klug, 1832

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Saudi Arabia
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
14
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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