Empidinae

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Empidinae
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Male Empis livida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Empidinae
Genera

Several, see text

Empidinae, also called dance flies, [1] are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized. Most species are flower visitors and they can be effective pollinators. [2]

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Description

Most dance fly species perform lek mating, where males give courtship gifts to females. [1] About a third of such species also have sex-specific markings, which include pinnate leg scales, darkened or enlarged wings, and inflatable abdominal air sacs. [1]

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Genera

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Murray, Rosalind L.; Herridge, Elizabeth J.; Ness, Rob W.; Bussière, Luc F. (2017-06-13). "Are sex ratio distorting endosymbionts responsible for mating system variation among dance flies (Diptera: Empidinae)?". PLOS ONE. 12 (6): e0178364. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1278364M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178364 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   5469461 . PMID   28609446.
  2. ↑ Lefebvre V, Daugeron C, Villemant C, Fontaine C (July 2019). "Empidine dance flies pollinate the woodland geranium as effectively as bees". Biology Letters. 15 (7): 20190230. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2019.0230. PMC   6684995 . PMID   31362609.
  3. ↑ Smith, Kenneth G. V. (1969). "The Empididae of southern Africa (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 19: 1–342.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Collin, James Edward (1933). "Empididae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . 4: viii + 334.
  5. 1 2 Bezzi, M. (1909). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der sudamerikanischen Dipterenfauna Fam. Empididae". Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum. 91: 297–406.
  6. ↑ Bickel, Daniel J. (2002). "Bandella, a new hilarine fly genus from Australia (Diptera: Empididae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (3): 313–324. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1369 . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Frey, R. (1952). "Studien über ostasiatische Hilara-Arten (Diptera, Empididae)". Notulae Ent. 32: 119–143.
  8. ↑ Bickel, D. J. (1998). "Cunomyia, a distinctive new hilarine fly genus from the Tasmanian World Heritage Area (Diptera: Empididae)" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 132: 59–63. doi:10.26749/rstpp.132.59 . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  9. 1 2 Philippi, Rodolfo Amando (1865). "Aufzahlung der chilenischen Dipteren". Abhandlungen der Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 595–782. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  10. 1 2 Collin, James Edward (1928). New Zealand Empididae based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. viii + 110.
  11. 1 2 3 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.
  12. ↑ Bezzi, Mario (1905). "Empididae neotropicae Musei nationalis Hungarici" (PDF). Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici. 3 (2): 424–460. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  13. ↑ Plant, Adrian R. (1995). "A new genus of Empidinae (Diptera: Empididae) from New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 18 (1): 25–28. Bibcode:1995NZEnt..18...25P. doi:10.1080/00779962.1995.9721998.
  14. ↑ Wheeler, William Morton; Melander, Axel Leonard. "Empidae". Biol.Centr.-Am., Ins.: Dipt. 1(Suppl.): 366–376.
  15. 1 2 Melander, Axel Leonard (1928). Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles. 185: Genera insectorum. pp. 1–434.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  16. ↑ Malloch, John Russell (1930). "Notes on Australian Diptera.XXV". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 55: 429–450. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  17. ↑ Bickel, Daniel J. (1996). "Thinempis, a new genus from Australia and New Zealand (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the tribal classification of the Empidinae". Systematic Entomology. 21 (2): 115–128. Bibcode:1996SysEn..21..115B. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.1996.d01-2.x. S2CID   82738771.


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