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Empidinae

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Taxonomy
Empidinae was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant. Its type is Empis.

It was assigned to Empididae by Statz (1940), Waters (1989), Sinclair and Cumming (2006) and Wahlberg and Johanson (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Empidinae Latreille
1940Empidinae Statz p. 132
1989Empidinae Waters
1997Hemerodromiinae Hoffeins et al. p. 441
2006Empidinae Sinclair and Cumming p. 74
2006Hemerodromiinae Sinclair and Cumming p. 75
2018Empidinae Wahlberg and Johanson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyEmpididaeLatreille 1804
subfamilyEmpidinaeLatreille 1804
subfamilyEmpidinaeLatreille 1804

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Empidinae Latreille 1804
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Tr. Chelipodini Hendel 1936
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G. Chelipoda Macquart 1823
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†Chelipoda vaga Meunier 1908
Invalid names: Lepidomya Bigot 1857 [synonym]
G. Phyllodromia Zetterstedt 1837
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†Phyllodromia inclusa Shelford 1911
Tr. Empidini Latreille 1804
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G. Empis Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Empis (Acallomyia) Melander 1928
†Empis carbonum Germar 1837
†Empis exilis Meunier 1908
†Empis florissantana Cockerell 1915
†Empis infossa Melander 1949
†Empis inscita Meunier 1908
†Empis macilenta Meunier 1908
†Empis macrophthalma Förster 1891
†Empis mala Meunier 1908
†Empis malefica Meunier 1908
†Empis melia von Heyden 1870
†Empis miocenica Cockerell 1915
†Empis mordax Meunier 1908
†Empis morosella Melander 1928
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Invalid names: Empis morosa Meunier 1908 [replaced]
†Empis orapaensis Waters 1989
†Empis perdita Cockerell 1916
†Empis personata Meunier 1908
†Empis poeppigi Giebel 1856
†Empis pulvillata Loew 1850
†Empis spinifera Statz 1940
†Empis tritava Melander 1928
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Invalid names: Empis tristis Meunier 1908 [replaced]
†Empis umbonata Statz 1940
Invalid names: Empis bulbirostris Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Empis stilicornis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Empis tibialis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum]
G. Rhamphomyia Meigen 1822
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†Rhamphomyia ablata Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia aeterna Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia angusta Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia corrupta Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia craterae Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia distans Loew 1850
†Rhamphomyia enena Cockerell 1921
†Rhamphomyia errabunda Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia fossa Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia fulvescens Statz 1940
†Rhamphomyia hypolitha Cockerell 1917
†Rhamphomyia inanimata Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia infernalis Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia insolita Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia interita Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia involuta Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia media Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia morticina Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia obtusa Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia oedaloides Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia polymorpha Meunier 1899
†Rhamphomyia porrecta Meunier 1908
†Rhamphomyia rottensis Statz 1940
†Rhamphomyia senecta Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia sepulta Cockerell 1916
†Rhamphomyia spodites Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia tumulata Melander 1949
†Rhamphomyia ungulina Loew 1850
Invalid names: Rhamphomyia antipedalis Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Rhamphomyia formosa Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Rhamphomyia pteropa Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Rhamphomyia ptilopa Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Rhamphomyia remitarsis Loew 1850 [nomen nudum]
G. †Emplita Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Emplita casei Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Tr. Hemerodromiini Schiner 1862
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G. Chelifera Macquart 1823
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†Chelifera detestata Meunier 1908
G. Hemerodromia Meigen 1822
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†Hemerodromia grootaerti Plant and Shamshev 2011
Tr. Hilarini Collin 1961
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G. Hilara Meigen 1822
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†Hilara heerii Meunier 1915
†Hilara litigiosa Meunier 1908
†Hilara royoi Gil Collado 1926
†Hilara tarda Meunier 1908
G. †Turonempis Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Turonempis styx Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Invalid names: Hemerodromiinae Schiner 1862 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Botswana Empis orapaensis (123430)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Turonempis styx, Emplita casei (110895)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Colorado) Rhamphomyia enena (105004)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Hemerodromia grootaerti (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Empis poeppigi (147344) Hemerodromia detestata, Lepidomyia vaga, Parathalassiella problematica, Rhamphomyia corrupta, Rhamphomyia ablata, Rhamphomyia involuta, Rhamphomyia ungulina, Rhamphomyia crinitarsis, Rhamphomyia errabunda, Rhamphomyia obtusa, Rhamphomyia insolita, Rhamphomyia angusta, Rhamphomyia media, Hilara litigiosa, Hilara tarda, Hilara macilenta, Empis exilis, Empis inscita, Empis personata, Empis mordax, Empis tristis, Empis pulvillata, Empis morosa, Rhamphomyia polymorpha (123927) Phyllodromia sp., Rhamphomyia ablata, Rhamphomyia ungulina, Rhamphomyia crinitarsis, Rhamphomyia errabunda, Rhamphomyia porrecta, Rhamphomyia oedaloides, Rhamphomyia insolita, Rhamphomyia media, Empis malefica, Empis mala, Empis morosa (124073)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Rhamphomyia ungulina, Empis pulvillata, Rhamphomyia distans (109625)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Empis miocenica, Empis florissantana (113749) Empis perdita (124692) Rhamphomyia aeterna, Rhamphomyia interita, Rhamphomyia spodites, Rhamphomyia tumulata (106381) Rhamphomyia hypolitha, Empis infossa, Rhamphomyia craterae, Rhamphomyia fossa, Rhamphomyia inanimata, Rhamphomyia infernalis (124624) Rhamphomyia morticina (124680) Rhamphomyia senecta (123119) Rhamphomyia sepulta (106379)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Empis macrophthalma (121473)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Hilara heerii (122535)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Empis melia (138696)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Empis melia (123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Hilara heerii (113712)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Empis spinifera, Empis umbonata, Rhamphomyia fulvescens, Rhamphomyia latipennata, Rhamphomyia rottensis (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain (Castellon) Hilara royoi (122583 152716)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany Empis carbonum (117341)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Phyllodromia inclusa (123991)