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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
280
1539
2627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
279
1538
2626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
264
1508
2583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
204
1338
2377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
60
339
655
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
45
235
471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
31
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
21
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Yorkshire
3 Families width 67 Species
Hybotidae (Meigen, 1820)Dance flies14SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies21SpeciesTaxom
Empididae (Latreille, 1809)Balloon flies32SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Yorkshire
21 Genera with 67 Species
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Bicellaria Macquart, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotimus Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1832Long-legged flies8SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182212SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 2002Balloon Flies11SpeciesTaxom
Hybos Meigen, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 18242SpeciesTaxom
Ocydromia Meigen, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 18228SpeciesTaxom
Poecilobothrus Mik, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18046SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Trichina Railliet, 1830Trichina worms1SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochlorus Loew, 18172SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Yorkshire
67 Species
Bicellaria sulcata Zetterstedt, 1842
Bicellaria vana Collin, 1926
Campsicnemus curvipes Fallen, 1823
Chrysotimus molliculus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus gramineus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus neglectus Wiedemann, 1817
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) claviger Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) longicornis Stannius, 1831Jointed sandmat
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) plumipes (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) popularis Wiedemann, 1817Long-legged fly
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) subpennatus Assis-Fonseca, 1976
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) trivialis Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichopus festivus Haliday, 1832
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) praevia Collin, 1927
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hilara albipennis von Roser, 1840
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara manicata (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Hilara implicata Collin, 1927
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara nigrina Fallen, 1816
Hilara quadrifasciata Chvala, 2002
Hybos culiciformis Fabricius, 1775Dance Fly
Medetera saxatilis Collin, 1941
Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Ocydromia glabricula Fallen, 1816Dance fly
Platypalpus agilis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus albicornis Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus articulatus Macquart, 1827
Platypalpus longicornis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus mikii Becker, 1890
Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus niger Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus pallidiventris Meigen, 1822
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus Linnaeus, 1767Green Long-legged Fly
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) albipennis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhaphium caliginosum Zetterstedt, 1843
Sympycnus lineatus Loew, 1861
Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
Syntormon pallipes Fabricius, 1794
Tachydromia rhyacophila Chvala, 1995
Trichina flavipes (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Trichinomyia flavipes Meigen, 1830
Xanthochlorus galbanus Chandler & N..., 2008
Xanthochlorus tenellus Wiedemann, 1817

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Yorkshire
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
10
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
5
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



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