Empis stercorea

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Empis stercorea
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Empis stercorea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Genus: Empis
Subgenus: Xanthempis
Species:
E. stercorea
Binomial name
Empis stercorea
Linnaeus, 1761 [1]

Empis stercorea is a large species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Xanthempis. [2] It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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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