Empididae - Dance Flies

(under construction) Photo of Rhamphomyia adult from California (copyright Hartmut Wisch - used by permission).

Chelifera Macquart, 1823 (Subfamily Hemerodromiinae)

Chelifera obsoleta (Loew), 1862 - Macdonald 1994
Chelifera palloris (Coquillett), 1895 Mantipeza - Macdonald 1994

Chelifera banksi Melander 1947 (Chelifera)
Chelifera bidenta MacDonald 1994 (Chelifera)
Chelifera caliga Lavallee 1975 (Chelifera)
Chelifera chvalai Wagner 1984 (Chelifera)
Chelifera circinata MacDonald 1994 (Chelifera)
Chelifera cirrata Melander 1947 (Chelifera)
Chelifera defecta Loew 1862 (Hemerodromia)
Chelifera ensifera Melander 1947 (Chelifera)
Chelifera lovetti Melander 1947 (Chelifera)
Chelifera mana Lavallee 1975 (Chelifera)
Chelifera multidenta MacDonald 1994 (Chelifera)
Chelifera neangusta MacDonald 1994 (Chelifera)
Chelifera notata Loew 1862 (Hemerodromia)
Chelifera obsoleta Loew 1862 (Hemerodromia)
Chelifera palloris Coquillett 1895 (Mantipeza)
Chelifera rastrifera Melander 1947 (Chelifera)
Chelifera recurvata Melander 1947 (Thanategia)
Chelifera stuprator Melander 1947 (Thanategia)
Chelifera subensifera MacDonald 1994 (Chelifera)
Chelifera subnotata MacDonald 1994 (Chelifera)
Chelifera valida Loew 1862 (Hemerodromia)
Chelifera varix Melander 1947 (Chelifera)

Chelipoda Macquart, 1823 (Subfamily Hemerodromiinae)

Chelipoda contracta Melander, 1947 - Macdonald 1993
Chelipoda elongata (Melander), 1902 Litanomyia - Macdonald 1993
Chelipoda praestans Melander, 1947 - ON (maybe expect in NE LP MI)
Chelipoda truncata MacDonald, 1993 - MN, WI, ON

Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt 1838 (Hemerodromia)
Chelipoda americana Melander 1947 (Phyllodromia)
Chelipoda contracta Melander 1947 (Chelipoda)
Chelipoda elongata Melander 1902 (Litanomyia)
Chelipoda limitaria MacDonald 1993 (Chelipoda)
Chelipoda praestans Melander 1947 (Chelipoda)
Chelipoda sicaria Melander 1947 (Chelipoda)
Chelipoda truncata MacDonald 1993 (Chelipoda)
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen 1815 (Tachydromia)

Clinocera Meigen, 1800 (Subfamily Clinocerinae)

Clinocera (Clinocera) lineata Loew, 1862 - ME-PA, questionable record for WA
Clinocera (Clinocera) trunca Melander, 1927 - WA, questionable record for LB

Clinocera appendiculata Zetterstedt 1838 (Wiedemannia)
Clinocera binotata Loew 1876 (Clinocera)
Clinocera brevitibia Melander 1928 (Clinocera)
Clinocera conjuncta Loew 1860 (Clinocera)
Clinocera fuscipennis Loew 1876 (Clinocera)
Clinocera genualis Coquillett 1910 (Clinocera)
Clinocera lecta Melander 1902 (Clinocera)
Clinocera lineata Loew 1862 (Clinocera)
Clinocera longifurca Melander 1928 (Clinocera)
Clinocera maculata Loew 1860 (Clinocera)
Clinocera olivacea Melander 1928 (Clinocera)
Clinocera prasinata Melander 1928 (Clinocera)
Clinocera stagnalis Haliday 1833 (Heleodromia)
Clinocera taos Melander 1902 (Clinocera)
Clinocera trunca Melander 1928 (Clinocera)
Clinocera undulata Melander 1928 (Clinocera)

Dolichocephala Macquart, 1823 (Subfamily Clinocerinae)

Dolichocephala orrata (Fallén), 1815 Tachydromia - widespread

Dolichocephala argus Melander 1928 (Dolichocephala)
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen 1815 (Tachydromia)

Hemerodromia Meigen, 1822 (Subfamily Hemerodromiinae)

Hemerodromia brevifrons Melander 1947 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia brunnea Melander 1928 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia captus Coquillett 1895 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia chillcotti Harper 1974 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander 1928 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia empiformis Say 1823 (Ochthera)
Hemerodromia exhibitor Melander 1947 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia fibrina Landry and Harper 1985 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia haruspex Melander 1947 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia jugulator Melander 1928 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia melanosoma Melander 1947 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia rogatoris Coquillett 1895 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia stellaris Melander 1947 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia sufflexa Melander 1947 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia superstitiosa Say 1824 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia vates Melander 1947 (Hemerodromia)
Hemerodromia vittata Loew 1862 (Hemerodromia)

Metachela Coquillett, 1903 (Subfamily Hemerodromiinae)

Metachela albipes (Walker), 1849 Hemerodromia - northern, expect in the UP

Metachela albipes Walker 1849 (Hemerodromia)
Metachela collusor Melander 1902 (Hemerodromia)
Metachela convexa MacDonald 1989 (Metachela)

Neoplasta Coquillett, 1895 (Subfamily Hemerodromiinae)

Neoplasta deyrupi MacDonald and Turner, 1993 - IN, widespread eastern North America
Neoplasta scapularis (Loew), 1862 Hemerodromia - MacDonald and Turner, 1993 (possibly a species complex)

Neoplasta bifida MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta chrysopleura MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta concava MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta deyrupi MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta hansoni MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta hebes Melander 1947 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta megorchis Melander 1947 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta octoterga MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta parahebes MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta)
Neoplasta paramegorchis MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta) Neoplasta scapularis Loew 1862 (Hemerodromia)
Neoplasta scapuliformis MacDonald and Turner 1993 (Neoplasta)

Oreothalia Melander, 1902 (Subfamily Clinocerinae) 1 sp. east, 1 sp. west

Oreothalia chillcotti Wilder 1981 (Oreothalia)
Oreothalia pelops Melander 1902 (Oreothalia)
Oreothalia rupestris Vaillant 1960 (Oreothalia)
Oreothalia sierrensis Wilder 1981 (Oreothalia)
Oreothalia spinitarsis Wilder 1981 (Oreothalia)

Proclinopyga Melander, 1927 (Subfamily Clinocerinae) western

Proclinopyga amplectens Melander 1928 (Proclinopyga)
Proclinopyga exporrecta Melander 1928 (Proclinopyga)
Proclinopyga fistulator Melander 1928 (Proclinopyga)
Proclinopyga monogramma Melander 1928 (Proclinopyga)
Proclinopyga solivaga Melander 1928 (Proclinopyga)

Roederiodes Coquillett, 1901 (Subfamily Clinocerinae) east

Roederiodes distincta Chillcott 1961 (Roederiodes)
Roederiodes juncta Coquillett 1901 (Roederiodes)
Roederiodes recurvata Chillcott 1961 (Roederiodes)
Roederiodes vockerothi Chillcott 1961 (Roederiodes)
Roederiodes wirthi Chillcott 1961 (Roederiodes)

Stilopon Loew, 1859 (Subfamily Tachydromiinae)

Stilopon (Stilopon) curvipes Melander, 1927 - ON, WI, east
Stilopon pectiniger Melander, 1902 - WI, east

Stilpon curvipes Melander 1928 (Stilpon)
Stilpon pauciseta Melander 1928 (Stilpon)
Stilpon pectiniger Melander 1902 (Stilpon)
Stilpon pleuritica Melander 1928 (Stilpon)
Stilpon spinipes Melander 1928 (Stilpon)
Stilpon varipes Loew 1862 (Stilpon)

Trichoclinocera Collin, 1941

Trichoclinocera agilis Sinclair 1994 (Trichoclinocera)
Trichoclinocera cascadensis Sinclair 1994 (Trichoclinocera)
Trichoclinocera comata Melander 1928 (Wiedemannia)
Trichoclinocera ctenistes Melander 1928 (Wiedemannia)
Trichoclinocera cummingi Sinclair 1994 (Trichoclinocera)
Trichoclinocera dasycoxa Sinclair 1994 (Trichoclinocera)
Trichoclinocera dolicheretma Melander 1902 (Clinocera)
Trichoclinocera falcata Sinclair 1994 (Trichoclinocera)
Trichoclinocera fumosa Vaillant 1960 (Wiedemannia)
Trichoclinocera hamifera Melander 1928 (Wiedemannia)
Trichoclinocera lapponica Ringdahl 1933 (Atalanta)
Trichoclinocera longipes Walker 1849 (Heleodromia)
Trichoclinocera minor Melander 1928 (Wiedemannia)
Trichoclinocera ozarkensis Sinclair 1994 (Trichoclinocera)
Trichoclinocera pectinifemur Sinclair 1994 (Trichoclinocera)
Trichoclinocera rupestris Sinclair 1994 (Trichoclinocera)

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