Taxonomic part

Illustrated keys are provided for subfamilies and genera of larvae, pupae and adults of Central and Northern European Hemerodromiinae and Clinocerinae. Synonymies, similar species and species-groups are discussed; distribution, phenology and ecology are detailed for each species of; Chelipoda Macquart (4 spp.), Metachela Coquillett (1 sp.), Hemerodromia Meigen (11 spp.), Chelifera Macquart (20 spp.), Dolichocephala Macquart (11 spp.), Roederiodes Coquillett (1 sp.), Clinocerella Engel (2 spp.), Trichoclinocera Collin (1 sp.), Clinocera Meigen (9 spp.), Kowarzia Mik (6 spp.), Bergenstammia Mik (9 spp.), Phaeobalia Mik (13 spp.) and Wiedemannia Zetterstedt (41 spp.). Extralimital species are also mentioned briefly.