Empis planetica

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Empis planetica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Genus: Empis
Subgenus: Empis
Species:
E. planetica
Binomial name
Empis planetica
Collin, 1927 [1] [2]

Empis planetica is a species of dagger flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Empis. [3] It is found in Ireland and Great Britain and from Scandinavia south to Italy.

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References

  1. ↑ Collin, James Edward (1927). "Notes on the Empididae (Diptera), with additions and corrections to the British list": 93–98.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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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