Empis chioptera

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Empis chioptera
Empis chioptera, Sontley, North Wales, May 2015 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
Empis chioptera North Wales Wing length 2.2 - 4 mm.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Genus: Empis
Subgenus: Empis
Species:
E. chioptera
Binomial name
Empis chioptera
Meigen, 1804 [1]

Empis chioptera is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Empis. [2] It is found in the Palearctic. [3] [4] [2]

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<i>Empis lutea</i> Species of fly

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References

  1. ↑ Meigen, J. W. (1804). Klassifikation und Beschreibung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten (Diptera Linn.). Vol. II. Braunschweig [= Brunswick]: Reichard. pp. vi + 153–314.
  2. 1 2 Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara). Vol. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 329.
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN   81-205-0080-6 ISBN   81-205-0081-4


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