Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the biogeographic realms but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium-sized, non-metallic and rather bristly.
Common names for members of this family are dagger flies (referring to the sharp piercing mouthparts of some species) and balloon flies. The term "dance flies" is sometimes used for this family too,[1] but the dance flies proper, formerly included herein, are now considered a separate family Hybotidae.
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Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the biogeographic realms but the majority are found in the...
Empis oxilara is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Xanthempis. It is found in the Palearctic. Shamshev, Igor (1998)...
(1928). Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles: Genera insectorum. pp. 1–434. Saigusa, T. (1986). "New genera of Empididae (Diptera) from eastern...
Empis livida is a species of fly in the Empididae family. It is included in the subgenus Kritempis of the genus Empis. Males range from 7.5 to 9.3 millimetres...
Empis dispina is a species of fly in the family Empididae and is included in the subgenus Xanthempis. It is found in the Palearctic. Chvála, Milan (1996)...
revision of the New World genera allied to Megagrapha Melander (Diptera: Empididae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 115: 1291–1328. Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming...
n. and two other additions to the British list of Oedaleini (Diptera, Empididae)" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. 12: 16–22. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Strobl,...
British Flies. VI. Empididae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chvála, Milan (1975). The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and...
is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Collin, J.E. (1927). "Notes on the Empididae (Diptera) with additions and corrections to the...
Oedalea Meigen, 1820 Chvála, Milan (1975). The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 3...
Ale-Rocha & Freitas-Silva, 2014 Collin, James Edward (1926). "Notes on the Empididae (Diptera), with additions and corrections to the British list". The Entomologist's...
2004 Chillcottomyia zhuae Yang, 2006 Saigusa, T. (1986). "New genera of Empididae (Diptera) from eastern Asia". Sieboldia. 5: 97–118. Sinclair, Bradley...
univittata Melander, 1928 Melander, Axel Leonard (1928). Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles: Genera insectorum. pp. 1–434. Sinclair...
orthoneura is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Bezzi, Mario (1905). "Empididae neotropicae Musei nationalis Hungarici" (PDF). Annales...
Chillcott, 1983 Smith, Kenneth G. V. . (1962). "Studies on the Brazilian Empididae (Diptera)". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 114 (7):...
notabilis is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Collin, James Edward (1933). "Empididae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 4: viii +...
inops is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Collin, James Edward (1933). "Empididae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 4: viii +...
is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Smith, Kenneth G. V. (1969). "The Empididae of southern Africa (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal...
Philippi, 1865 Austrodromia yacochuyae Claps, 1991 Collin, J.E. (1933). "Empididae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 4: viii + 334 p. Sinclair, Bradley...
Micrempis varipes Melander, 1928 Melander, Axel Leonard (1928). Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles: Genera insectorum. pp. 1–434. Sinclair...
Empis stercorea is a large species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Xanthempis. It is found in most of Europe...
Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Pararhamphomyia. Frey, Richard Karl Hjalmar (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der Dipterenfauna Finlands. II. Empididae"...
species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Melander, Axel Leonard (1928). Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles. 185: Genera...
species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Smith, Kenneth G. V. . (1962). "Studies on the Brazilian Empididae (Diptera)". Transactions of the Entomological...
species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Melander, Axel Leonard (1928). Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles. 185: Genera...
species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Smith, Kenneth G. V. . (1962). "Studies on the Brazilian Empididae (Diptera)". Transactions of the Entomological...
is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Smith, Kenneth G. V. (1969). "The Empididae of southern Africa (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal...
(Asilidae), tachinids (Tachinidae) and dagger flies and balloon flies (Empididae) are predators and parasitoids of other insects, helping to control a...
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