Empis trigramma
| Empis trigramma | |
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| 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
- ↑ Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara) 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 329.
- ↑ 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.