Empis trigramma

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Empis trigramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Genus: Empis
Subgenus: Xanthempis [1]
Species: E. trigramma
Binomial name
Empis trigramma
Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822 [2]

Empis trigramma is a species of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. The thorax with yellowish sides, with three broad dark stripes. Abdomen is shining yellowish, with a dark central stripe. The fly's length is 4.5–6 millimetres (0.2–0.2 in).

References

  1. Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara) (Print) 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 329. 
  2. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series 12 (1) (London: Royal Entomological Society of London). p. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8. 


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