Empis

Empis
Male Empis livida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Empidinae
Genus: Empis
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Empis genualis
Strobl, 1893[1]
Subgenera

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Empis (Xanthempis) lutea, female feeding honeydew

Empis is a genus of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It contains the following subgenera and species:

Anacrostichus Bezzi, 1909[2]
Argyrandrus Bezzi, 1909
  • Empis dispar Scholtz, 1851
Coptophlebia Bezzi, 1909[2]
Empis Linnaeus, 1758[2]
Euempis Frey, 1953[2]
Kritempis Collin, 1926[2]
Leptempis Collin, 1926[2]
  • Empis abdominalis Daugeron, 1999
  • Empis adusta Loew, 1869
  • Empis affinis Egger, 1860
  • Empis alpina Loew, 1867
  • Empis cognata Egger, 1860
  • Empis confusa Loew, 1865
  • Empis dimidiata Meigen in Gistl, 1835
  • Empis discolor Loew, 1856
  • Empis divisa Loew, 1869
  • Empis flavitarsis von Roser, 1840
  • Empis gaigeri Gercke, 1886
  • Empis grisea Fallén, 1816
  • Empis lamellata Daugeron, 1999
  • Empis lamellimmanis Daugeron, 1999
  • Empis lindneri Oldenberg, 1925
  • Empis macra Loew, 1867
  • Empis maculata Fabricius, 1781
  • Empis meridionalis Meigen, 1822
  • Empis mesogramma Loew, 1867
  • Empis multispina Daugeron, 1999
  • Empis nigricans Meigen, 1804
  • Empis pandellei Daugeron, 1999
  • Empis pteropoda Egger, 1860
  • Empis rava Loew, 1862
  • Empis rustica Fallén, 1816
  • Empis sinuosa Daugeron, 1999
  • Empis spitzeri Chvala, 1977
  • Empis trunca Daugeron, 1999
  • Empis variegata Meigen, 1804
Lissempis Bezzi, 1909[2]
  • Empis cuneipennis Bezzi, 1899
  • Empis curvitibia Chvala, 2003
  • Empis insularis Chvala, 2003
  • Empis liosoma Bezzi, 1909
  • Empis nigritarsis Meigen, 1804[2]
Pachymeria Stephens, 1829[2]
Platyptera Meigen, 1803[2]
Polyblepharis Bezzi, 1909[2]
  • Empis albicans Meigen, 1822
  • Empis candidata Loew, 1873
  • Empis cothurnata Brulle, 1832
  • Empis crassa Nowicki, 1868
  • Empis curta Loew, 1869
  • Empis curvipes Loew, 1868
  • Empis dasynota Loew, 1869
  • Empis dedecor Loew, 1869
  • Empis depilis Loew, 1873
  • Empis divergens Loew, 1869
  • Empis engeli Chvala, 1999
  • Empis eumera Loew, 1868
  • Empis eversmanni Loew, 1873
  • Empis fallax Egger, 1860
  • Empis gravipes Loew, 1856
  • Empis haemi Loew, 1862
  • Empis haemorrhoica Loew, 1869
  • Empis lugubris Loew, 1869
  • Empis nigerrima Loew, 1862
  • Empis opaca Meigen, 1804
  • Empis phaenomeris Loew, 1868
  • Empis soror Collin, 1937
  • Empis strigata Loew, 1867
Rhadinempis Collin, 1926
Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909[2]
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

References

  1. Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara) 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 329.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 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.