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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Senegal (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
338
3017
6558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
336
3014
6554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
323
2967
6456
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
2384
5604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
335
686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
45
270
417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
75
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
17
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Senegal
3 Families width 17 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies11SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies4SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Senegal
17 Genera with 17 Species
Acropsilus Mik, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Aphrosylus Haliday, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19273SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1866Long-legged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Sybistroma Meigen, 1824
0SpeciesTaxom
Syneches Walker, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Trichis Klug, 18321SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Senegal
17 Species
Aphrosylus gioiellae Rampini & Mu..., 1987
Aphrosylus giordanii Rampini & Mu..., 1987
Chrysosoma gemmeum Walker, 1849
Chrysosoma senegalense Macquart, 1834
Chrysosoma tenuipenne Curran, 1927
Crossopalpus aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Hydrotaea aenescens Wiedemann, 1830
Dolichopus angularis Macquart, 1842
Dolichopus platyprosopus (Loew, 1866)⇒ Dolichopus incisuralis Loew, 1861
Empis plumata Daugeron, 2001
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Medetera africana Grichanov, 2000
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Syneches usherae Smith, 1969
Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) prudens Lindner, 1937
Thrypticus bellus Loew, 1869
Trichis maculata Klug, 1832

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Senegal
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
10
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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