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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Southeast England (South England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
4266
8548
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
533
4263
8545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
491
4143
8367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
341
3543
7486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
91
941
2415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
69
615
1571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
82
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
46
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southeast England
4 Families width 129 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies52SpeciesTaxom
Atelestidae Hennig, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies40SpeciesTaxom
Empididae (Latreille, 1809)Balloon flies36SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southeast England
46 Genera with 129 Species
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Argyra Macquart, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Atelestus Walker, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Austrosciapus Bickel, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Bicellaria Macquart, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Chersodromia Walker, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 18764SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorus Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1875Long-legged flies12SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 18154SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 183511SpeciesTaxom
Euthyneura Macquart, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Helichochaetus Parent, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19473SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Hybos Meigen, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Leptopeza Macquart, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Machaerium Haliday, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 19419SpeciesTaxom
Micromorphus Mik, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Microphor Macquart, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Ocydromia Meigen, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Oedalea Meigen, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Parentia Hardy, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 192617SpeciesTaxom
Poecilobothrus Mik, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18048SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 18244SpeciesTaxom
Scellus Loew, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Stilpon Loew, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Sybistroma Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Tachypeza Meigen, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Wightimicropsocus Azar, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Wightipsocus Azar, 20143SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast England
129 Species
Argyra argyria Meigen, 1824
Argyra ilonae Gosseries, 1988
Atelestus dissonans Collin, 1961
Austrosciapus connexus Walker, 1835Green long-legged fly
Bicellaria nigrita Collin, 1926
Bicellaria vana Collin, 1926
Campsicnemus scambus Fallen, 1823
Chelifera pectinicauda Collin, 1927
Chersodromia arenaria Haliday, 1833
Chrysotus collini Parent, 1923
Chrysotus gramineus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus melampodius Loew, 1857
Chrysotus palustris Verrall, 1876
Crossopalpus medetera Melander, 1902
Diaphorus oculatus Fallen, 1823
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) griseipennis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) latilimbatus Macquart, 1827
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) sabinus Haliday, 1838
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) subpennatus Assis-Fonseca, 1976
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) trivialis Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) wahlbergi Zetterstedt, 1843
Dolichopus arbustorum Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus atratus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus festivus Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus strigipes Verrall, 1875
Drapetis (Drapetis) arcuata Loew, 1859
Drapetis (Drapetis) assimilis Fallen, 1815
Drapetis (Drapetis) parilis Collin, 1926
Drapetis (Elaphropeza) ephippiata Fallen, 1815
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) praevia Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Euthyneura halidayi Collin, 1926
Euthyneura myrtilli Macquart, 1836
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Helichochaetus discifer Parent, 1933
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia superstitiosa Say, 1824
Hemerodromia vates Melander, 1947India mustard
Hercostomus parvilamellatus Macquart, 1827
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara hirtipes Collin, 1927
Hilara lurida Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara morata Collin, 1927
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara spinulenta Collin, 1928
Hybos culiciformis Fabricius, 1775Dance Fly
Leptopeza ruficollis (Meigen, 1820)⇒ Leptopeza flavipes Meigen, 1820
Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763
Machaerium maritimae Haliday, 1832
Medetera abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955
Medetera flavipes (Meigen, 1824)⇒ Medetera insignis Girschner, 1888
Medetera impigra Collin, 1941
Medetera micacea Loew, 1857
Medetera oscillans Allen, 1976
Medetera pallipes Zetterstedt, 1843
Medetera tristis Zetterstedt, 1838
Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Medetera unisetosa Collin, 1941
Micromorphus albipes Zetterstedt, 1843
Microphor holosericeus Meigen, 1804
Ocydromia glabricula Fallen, 1816Dance fly
Oedalea flavipes Zetterstedt, 1842
Oedalea holmgreni Zetterstedt, 1852
Oedalea stigmatella Zetterstedt, 1842
Parentia anomalicosta Bickel, 1992
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Platypalpus agilis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus albifacies Collin, 1926
Platypalpus australominutus Grootaert, 1989
Platypalpus ciliaris Fallen, 1816
Platypalpus clarandus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus divisus Walker, 1851
Platypalpus longicornis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus major Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus optivus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus pallidicornis Collin, 1926
Platypalpus pallidiventris Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus pallipes Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus parvicauda Collin, 1926
Platypalpus pectoralis Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus stigma Collin, 1926
Platypalpus verralli Collin, 1926
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus Linnaeus, 1767Green Long-legged Fly
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) hirsutipes Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subcinerascens Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhaphium caliginosum Zetterstedt, 1843
Rhaphium commune Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium crassipes Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium macrocerum (Meigen, 1824)⇒ Rhaphium monotrichum Loew, 1850
Scellus notatus Fabricius, 1781
Sciapus platypterus Fabricius, 1805
Stilpon subnubila Chvala, 1987
Stilpon subnubilus Chvala, 1988
Sybistroma obscurellus Fallen, 1823
Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
Syntormon filiger Verrall, 1912
Tachydromia acklandi Chvala, 1973
Tachydromia morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Tachydromia halidayi Collin, 1926
Tachydromia umbrarum Haliday, 1833
Tachypeza nubila Meigen, 1804
Tachypeza truncorum Fallen, 1815
Thrypticus laetus Verrall, 1912
Wightimicropsocus inexpectatus Azar, 2014
Wightipsocus acourti Cockerell, 1921
Wightipsocus intasi D. Azar, 2014
Wightipsocus rossi D. Azar, 2014

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Southeast England
FamilyAtelestidae
Hennig, 1970
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
24
52
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
8
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
13
40
Genera
Species

Taxom



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