Hilara Meigen, 1822
(balloon-legged flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Hilara interstincta
a balloon-legged fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Hilara maura
a balloon-legged fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHilara (balloon-legged flies)
FamilyEMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)
SuperfamilyEMPIDOIDEA (dance flies, dagger flies, long-legged flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Empidoidea (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Chvála, M. 2005 The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part IV: Genus Hilara Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 40, 234pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

Hilara (balloon-legged flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hilara (balloon-legged flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hilara (balloon-legged flies)
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