Empis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Empididae
Subfamilia: Empidinae
Genus: Empis
Subgenera: E. (Coptophlebia) – E. (Empis) – E. (Euempis) – E. (Kritempis) – E. (Planempis) – E. (Polyblepharis) – E. (Xanthempis)

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Name

Empis Linnaeus, 1758
References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Çiftçi, M.C.; Hasbenli, A.; Canpolat, D. 2012: Two new species of Empis (Diptera: Empididae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 3408: 47–53. Preview Reference page.
Daugeron, C. 1999: Monophyly of the subgenus Leptempis, and description of seven new species of the Empis (Leptempis) rustica-group (Diptera: Empididae). European Journal of Entomology 96 (4): 439–449. Full article: [1]
Kanavalová, L., Kubík, S. & Barták, M. 2018. Empidinae (Diptera, Empididae) from Bulgaria with new records and descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 785: 145–161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.785.26236 Reference page.
Rafael, J.A.; Câmara, J.T. 2012: Revision of Neotropical species of Empididae (Diptera) described by Mario Bezzi. XI. The species described in Empis Linnaeus. Zootaxa 3488: 63–79. Preview Reference page.
Shamshev, I. & Kustov, S. 2013. Two new species of the Empis subgenus Lissempis (Diptera: Empididae) from the Caucasus. Zootaxa 3637(1): 74–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.1.8 Reference page.
Sinclair, B.J., Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2013. Revision of the Empis subgenus Enoplempis Bigot, east of the Rocky Mountains (Diptera: Empididae). Zootaxa 3736(5): 401–456. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.5.1 Reference page.

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

Anacrostichus Bezzi, 1909[2][3]

Empis bistortae Meigen, 1822[4]
Empis lucida Zetterstedt, 1838[2]
Empis monticola Loew, 1868[5]
Empis nitida Meigen, 1804[6]
Empis verralli Collin, 1927[7][2]

Argyrandrus Bezzi, 1909[3]

Empis dispar Scholtz, 1851[8]

Coptophlebia Bezzi, 1909[2][3]

Empis albinervis Meigen, 1822[4][2]
Empis hyalipennis Fallén, 1816[2]
Empis impennis Strobl, 1902[9][2]
Empis lindneri Smith, 1925[10]
Empis vitripennis Meigen, 1822[4][2]
Empis volucris Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822[4][2]

Empis Linnaeus, 1758[2]

Empis aestiva Loew, 1867[11][2]
Empis bicuspidata Collin, 1927[7][2]
Empis caudatula Loew, 1867[11][2]
Empis chioptera Meigen, 1804[2][6]
Empis decora Meigen, 1822[4][2]
Empis limata Collin, 1927[7][2]
Empis nigripes Fabricius, 1794[2]
Empis nuntia Meigen, 1838[12][2]
Empis pennipes Linnaeus, 1758[2]
Empis planetica Collin, 1927[7][2]
Empis praevia Collin, 1927[7][2]
Empis prodromus Loew, 1867[11][2]
Empis rufiventris Meigen, 1838[12][2]
Empis syrovatkai Chvála, 1985
Empis tanysphyra Loew, 1873[13]
Empis woodi Collin, 1927[7][2]

Euempis Frey, 1953[2]

Empis basalis Loew, 1873[13]
Empis calcarata Bezzi, 1899[14]
Empis ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis erosa Loew, 1869[15]
Empis fiumana Egger, 1860[16]
Empis kerteszi Bezzi, 1900[17]
Empis mikii Strobl, 1899[18]
Empis mirandica Chvála, 1981[19]
Empis morenae Strobl, 1899[18]
Empis morio Fabricius, 1794
Empis picipes Meigen, 1804[6]
Empis pilicornis Loew, 1867[20]
Empis sericans Brulle, 1833[21]
Empis spiralis Collin, 1937[22]
Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794[2]

Kritempis Collin, 1926[23][2]

Empis livida Linnaeus, 1758[2]

Leptempis Collin, 1926[23][2]

Empis abdominalis Daugeron, 1999[24]
Empis adusta Loew, 1869[15]
Empis affinis Egger, 1860[16]
Empis alpina Loew, 1867[25]
Empis cognata Egger, 1860[16]
Empis confusa Loew, 1865[26]
Empis dimidiata Meigen in Gistl, 1835[27]
Empis discolor Loew, 1856[28]
Empis divisa Loew, 1869[15]
Empis flavitarsis Roser, 1840[29]
Empis gaigeri Gercke, 1886[30]
Empis grisea Fallén, 1816
Empis lamellata Daugeron, 1999[24]
Empis lamellimmanis Daugeron, 1999[24]
Empis macra Loew, 1867[25]
Empis maculata Fabricius, 1781
Empis meridionalis Meigen, 1822[4]
Empis mesogramma Loew, 1867[25]
Empis multispina Daugeron, 1999[24]
Empis nigricans Meigen, 1804[6]
Empis pandellei Daugeron, 1999[24]
Empis pteropoda Egger, 1860[16]
Empis rava Loew, 1862[31]
Empis rustica Fallén, 1816
Empis sinuosa Daugeron, 1999[24]
Empis spitzeri Chvála, 1977[32]
Empis trunca Daugeron, 1999[24]
Empis variegata Meigen, 1804[6]

Lissempis Bezzi, 1909[2][3]

Empis cuneipennis Bezzi, 1899[14]
Empis curvitibia Chvála, 2003[33]
Empis insularis Chvála, 2003[33]
Empis liosoma Bezzi, 1909[3]
Empis nigritarsis Meigen, 1804[2][6]

Pachymeria Stephens, 1829[2]

Empis femorata Fabricius, 1798[2]
Empis scotica Curtis, 1835[2]
Empis tumida Meigen, 1822[4][2]

Platyptera Meigen, 1803[2]

Empis borealis Linnaeus, 1758[2]

Polyblepharis Bezzi, 1909[2][3]

Empis albicans Meigen, 1822[4]
Empis candidata Loew, 1873[13]
Empis cothurnata Brulle, 1833[21]
Empis crassa Nowicki, 1868[34]
Empis curta Loew, 1869[15]
Empis curvipes Loew, 1868[35]
Empis dasynota Loew, 1869[15]
Empis dedecor Loew, 1869[15]
Empis depilis Loew, 1873[13]
Empis divergens Loew, 1869[15]
Empis engeli Chvála, 1999[36]
Empis eumera Loew, 1868[35]
Empis eversmanni Loew, 1873[13]
Empis fallax Egger, 1860[16]
Empis gravipes Loew, 1856
Empis haemi Loew, 1862
Empis haemorrhoica Loew, 1869[15]
Empis lugubris Loew, 1869
Empis nigerrima Loew, 1862
Empis opaca Meigen, 1804[6]
Empis phaenomeris Loew, 1868[37]
Empis soror Collin, 1937[22]
Empis strigata Loew, 1867[38]

Rhadinempis Collin, 1926[23]

Empis bazini Collin, 1926[23]
Empis soror Collin, 1937[22]

Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909[2][3]

Empis adriani Chvála, 1996[39]
Empis aemula Loew, 1873[13]
Empis aequalis Loew, 1873[13]
Empis albifrons Bezzi, 1909[3]
Empis algecirasensis Strobl, 1909[40]
Empis concolor Verrall, 1872[41]
Empis digramma Meigen in Gistl, 1835[27]
Empis dispina Chvála, 1996[39]
Empis kuntzei Becker, 1910[42]
Empis laeta Loew, 1869[15]
Empis laetabilis Collin, 1926[23]
Empis lagoensis Chvála, 1996[39]
Empis loewiana Bezzi, 1909[3]
Empis lutea Meigen, 1804[6]
Empis nevadensis Chvála, 1981[19]
Empis oxilara Shamshev, 1998[43]
Empis punctata Meigen, 1804[6]
Empis rohaceki Chvála, 1994[44]
Empis scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis semicinerea Loew, 1867[25]
Empis stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis styriaca Strobl, 1893[45]
Empis subscutellata Shamshev, 1998[43]
Empis testacea Fabricius, 1805
Empis testiculata Bezzi, 1909[3]
Empis trigramma Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822[4]
Empis unistriata Becker, 1887
Empis univittata Loew, 1867[25]

Images

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See also

List of Empis species

References

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