Empis picipes is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Euempis.[3] It is found from Great Britain east to Poland, Slovakia and Hungary and from Fennoscandia south to Italy. It is not found on the Balkan Peninsula, except Greece.

Empis picipes
Empis picipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Genus: Empis
Subgenus: Euempis
Species:
E. picipes
Binomial name
Empis picipes
Synonyms
  • Empis brevicornis Loew, 1869

References edit

  1. ^ Meigen, J. W. (1804). Klassifikation und Beschreibung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten (Diptera Linn.). Vol. II. Braunschweig [= Brunswick]: Reichard. pp. vi + 153-314.
  2. ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  3. ^ Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara). Vol. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 329.

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