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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
540
3904
7781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
538
3901
7777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
499
3811
7648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
326
3267
6870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
93
816
2002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
69
607
1519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
104
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
54
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southwest England
4 Families width 176 Species
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies83SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies48SpeciesTaxom
Atelestidae Hennig, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Empididae (Latreille, 1809)Balloon flies43SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southwest England
54 Genera with 176 Species
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Achalcus Haliday, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Afrohybos Smith, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Anepsiomyia Bezzi, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Aphrosylus Haliday, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Argyra Macquart, 19184SpeciesTaxom
Atelestus Walker, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Bicellaria Macquart, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Chersodromia Walker, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19341SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotimus Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Dianafranksia Coram, Jarze..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorus Meigen, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Diostracus Loew, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1832Long-legged flies15SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19185SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182215SpeciesTaxom
Euthyneura Macquart, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Hasmona Giebel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 18317SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1873Balloon Flies14SpeciesTaxom
Hybos Meigen, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Leptopeza Macquart, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Machaerium Haliday, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 18249SpeciesTaxom
Microphor Macquart, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Neurigona Rondani, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Nurteria Dyte & Smith, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Ocydromia Meigen, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Peodes Loew, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 192627SpeciesTaxom
Poecilobothrus Mik, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18048SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 18245SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Stolidosoma Becker, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Sybistroma Meigen, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Symballophthalmus Becker, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 18243SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Tachypeza Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Trichina Railliet, 1830Trichina worms2SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochlorus Loew, 18173SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southwest England
176 Species
Achalcus britannicus Pollet, 1996
Afrohybos valentinus Smith, 1969
Anepsiomyia flaviventris Meigen, 1824
Aphrosylus celtiber Haliday, 1855
Aphrosylus ferox Haliday, 1851
Aphrosylus raptor Haliday, 1851
Argyra argentina Meigen, 1824
Argyra argyria Meigen, 1824
Argyra ilonae Gosseries, 1988
Argyra perplexa Becker, 1918
Atelestus pulicarius Fallen, 1816
Bicellaria vana Collin, 1926
Campsicnemus curvipes Fallen, 1823
Campsicnemus pusillus Meigen, 1824
Chersodromia arenaria Haliday, 1833
Chrysosoma asperum Parent, 1934
Chrysotimus molliculus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus blepharosceles Kowarz, 1874
Chrysotus cilipes Meigen, 1824
Chrysotus femoratus (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Chrysotus chilensis Van Duzee, 1930
Chrysotus gramineus Fallen, 1823
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Dianafranksia fisheri R. Coram, 2000
Diaphorus nigricans Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Diostracus chaetodactylus Saigusa, 1984
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) atripes Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) clavipes Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) griseipennis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) latilimbatus Macquart, 1827
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) pennatus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) plumipes (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) signatus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) signifer Haliday, 1838
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) simplex Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) subpennatus Assis-Fonseca, 1976
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) trivialis Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) vitripennis Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus atratus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus festivus Haliday, 1832
Drapetis (Drapetis) exilis Meigen, 1822
Drapetis (Drapetis) pusilla Loew, 1859
Drapetis (Drapetis) simulans Collin, 1961
Drapetis (Elaphropeza) ephippiata Fallen, 1815
Drapetis simplicipes Melander, 1918
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
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 (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Euthyneura halidayi Collin, 1926
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Hasmona leo C. G. Giebel, 1856
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hercostomus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Gymnopternus aerosus Fallen, 1823
Hercostomus chetifer Walker, 1849
Hercostomus cupreus (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Gymnopternus cupreus Fallen, 1823
Hercostomus gracilis Stannius, 1831
Hercostomus metallicus (Stannius, 1831)⇒ Gymnopternus metallicus Stannius, 1831
Hercostomus nigripennis Fallen, 1823
Hercostomus nigriplantis Stannius, 1831
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara curtisi Collin, 1927
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara longivittata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara morata Collin, 1927
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara nigrohirta Collin, 1927
Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara scrobiculata Loew, 1873
Hybos culiciformis Fabricius, 1775Dance Fly
Hybos femoratus Muller, 1776
Hydrophorus nebulosus Fallen, 1823
Leptopeza ruficollis (Meigen, 1820)⇒ Leptopeza flavipes Meigen, 1820
Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763
Machaerium maritimae Haliday, 1832
Medetera abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955
Medetera impigra Collin, 1941
Medetera jugalis Collin, 1941
Medetera micacea Loew, 1857
Medetera pallipes Zetterstedt, 1843
Medetera petrophila Kowarz, 1877
Medetera saxatilis Collin, 1941
Medetera tristis Zetterstedt, 1838
Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Microphor holosericeus Meigen, 1804
Neurigona pallida Fallen, 1823
Neurigona quadrifasciata Fabricius, 1781
Neurigona suturalis Fallen, 1823
Nurteria bicolor Parent, 1934
Ocydromia glabricula Fallen, 1816Dance fly
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Peodes penichrotes Wei & Zheng, 1998
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Platypalpus agilis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus annulipes Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus calceatus Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus candicans Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus clarandus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus cothurnatus Macquart, 1827
Platypalpus cryptospina Frey, 1909
Platypalpus exilis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus extricata
Platypalpus fasciatus Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus incertus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus leucothrix Strobl, 1910
Platypalpus longicornis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus longiseta Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus luteus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus major Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus notatus Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus optivus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus pallidicornis Collin, 1926
Platypalpus pallidiventris Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus pallipes Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus pectoralis Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus pictitarsis Becker, 1902
Platypalpus stabilis Collin, 1961
Platypalpus tonsus Collin, 1961
Platypalpus verralli Collin, 1926
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus Linnaeus, 1767Green Long-legged Fly
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhaphium brevicorne Curtis, 1835
Rhaphium caliginosum Zetterstedt, 1843
Rhaphium crassipes Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium longicorne Fallen, 1823
Rhaphium macrocerum (Meigen, 1824)⇒ Rhaphium monotrichum Loew, 1850
Sciapus contristans Wiedemann, 1817
Sciapus longulus Fallen, 1823
Sciapus platypterus Fabricius, 1805
Sciapus wiedemanni Fallen, 1823
Stolidosoma bicolor Parent, 1934
Sybistroma crinipes Staeger, 1842
Sybistroma obscurellus Fallen, 1823
Symballophthalmus scapularis (Collin, 1961)⇒ Symballophthalmus fuscitarsis Zetterstedt, 1859
Sympycnus discrepans Parent, 1934
Syntormon macula Oldenberg, 1927
Syntormon pallipes Fabricius, 1794
Syntormon pumilus Meigen, 1824
Tachydromia flavicornis (Macquart, 1823)⇒ Platypalpus flavicornis Meigen, 1822
Tachydromia luteicornis (Waltl, 1837)⇒ Platypalpus luteicornis Meigen, 1838
Tachydromia umbrarum Haliday, 1833
Tachypeza nubila Meigen, 1804
Tachytrechus consobrinus Haliday, 1851
Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Tachytrechus ripicola Loew, 1857
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) ruficornis Haliday, 1838
Trichina bilobata Collin, 1926
Trichina clavipes Meigen, 1830Stalkless yellowcress
Xanthochlorus galbanus Chandler & N..., 2008
Xanthochlorus luridus Negrobov, 1978
Xanthochlorus tenellus Wiedemann, 1817

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Southwest England
FamilyAtelestidae
Hennig, 1970
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
30
83
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
8
43
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
14
48
Genera
Species

Taxom



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