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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
581
1558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
215
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
32
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
4 Families width 43 Species and 1 Subspecies
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies14SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies12SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies17SpeciesTaxom
Brachystomatidae Melander, 19080SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
32 Genera with 43 Species
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Acarterus Loew, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Afrodromia Smith, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Dactylonotus Parent, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Drymodromia Becker, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Grootaertia Grichanov, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1969Balloon Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Lamachella Melander, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 19341SpeciesTaxom
Nurteria Dyte & Smith, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Oropezella Collin, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Peodes Loew, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Pindaia Bickel, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Rubistella Garrett Jones, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Stenoproctus Loew, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Stolidosoma Becker, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Syneches Walker, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Tachyempis Melander, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
43 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acarterus darwini Sinclair, 1996
Acarterus londti Sinclair, 1996
Afrodromia longicornis Smith, 1969
Crossopalpus arenaria Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Crossopalpus curvipes Meigen, 1822
Crossopalpus medetera Melander, 1902
Dactylonotus nigricorpus Grichanov, 2016
Drapetis arenaria Smith, 1969
Drapetis depressifrons Smith, 1969
Drymodromia capensis Smith, 1969
Drymodromia reducta Smith, 1969
Drymodromia similis Smith, 1969
Empis (Coptophlebia) vetula Smith, 1969
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Grootaertia kuznetsovi Grichanov, 1999
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hercostomus argyropus Bigot, 1886
Hercostomus disjectus Curran, 1926
Hercostomus eronis Curran, 1926
Hercostomus synolcus Steyskal, 1966
Hilara gamma Smith, 1969
Hilara recurva Smith, 1969
Hydrophorus praecox Lehmann, 1822
Hydrophorus spinicornis Loew, 1858
Lamachella marginalis Smith, 1969
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Medetera otiosa Parent, 1934
Nurteria bicolor Parent, 1934
Oropezella sphenoptera Loew, 1873
Peodes penichrotes Wei & Zheng, 1998
Pindaia enoggera Bickel, 2014
Platypalpus lateralis (Loew, 1864)⇒ Platypalpus stigmatellus Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus stabilis Collin, 1961
Rhamphomyia leucophenga Bezzi, 1905
Rhaphium pitkini Grichanov, 1995
Sciapus rosaceus Wiedemann, 1824
Stolidosoma bicolor Parent, 1934
Sympycnus discrepans Parent, 1934
Sympycnus plexsim Reinhard, 1945
Syneches capensis mensa Smith, 1969
Syneches dichrous Bezzi, 1909
Tachyempis vitripennis Bezzi, 1908

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyBrachystomatidae
Melander, 1908
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
13
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
9
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
9
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



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