Empis livida

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
Species: Empis livida

Empis livida is a species of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Kritempis of the genus Empis.[2] Males range from 7.5–9.3 millimetres (0.30–0.37 in), females 7.5–10.2 millimetres (0.30–0.40 in). The male's abdomen is brownish, and his wings appear faintly brown and clouded. The female's abdomen is gray and her wings are clear.[3][4][5][6] E. livida lives in hedgerows, feeding on the nectar of several species of Rosaceae, several species of Asteraceae, and Heracleum sphondylium nectar; they also feed on other insects. They live all across temperate and Northern Europe, the only species with such a wide distribution.[3][6] E. livida larvae are also carnivorous and live in damp soil and leaf litter. Adults fly in between April to July.[3]
References

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. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara). Vol. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 329.
Lindsey, J.K. (2008) [2003]. "Empis Livida". p. 1. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
Chvála, Milan (1974). The Empididae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part I. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 3. Charlse University, Czech Republic: Scandinavian Science Press. p. 336.
Chvála, Milan (1983). The Empididae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part II. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 12. Charlse University, Czech Republic: Scandinavian Science Press. p. 272.
Chvála, Milan (May 1994). "4". The Empididae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part III. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica Ser. Vol. 29. Charlse University, Czech Republic: Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated. pp. 43–46. ISBN 90-04-09663-9.