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Empis Lindneri
''Empis lindneri'' is a species of fly in the family Empididae __NOTOC__ Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the biogeographic realms but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empido .... It is included in the subgenus ''Coptophlebia'' of the genus ''Empis''. It is found in the Afrotropic. References Empis Asilomorph flies of Europe Insects described in 1967 {{Empidoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empididae
__NOTOC__ Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the biogeographic realms but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium-sized, non-metallic and rather bristly. Common names for members of this family are dagger flies (referring to the sharp piercing mouthparts of some species) and balloon flies. The term "dance flies" is sometimes used for this family too, but the dance flies proper, formerly included herein, are now considered a separate family Hybotidae. Description For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Empididae are small to medium-sized flies, rarely large (1.0 to 15.0mm.). The body is slender, or elongated and rarely thickset. The colour ranges from yellow to black, and they may be pollinose or lustrous, but never have a metallic gloss. The head is often small and rounded with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrotropical Realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region. Major ecological regions Most of the Afrotropic, with the exception of Africa's southern tip, has a tropical climate. A broad belt of deserts, including the Atlantic and Sahara deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Desert of the Arabian Peninsula, separate the Afrotropic from the Palearctic realm, which includes northern Africa and temperate Eurasia. Sahel and Sudan South of the Sahara, two belts of tropical grassland and savanna run east and west across the continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ethiopian Highlands. Immediately south of the Sahara lies the Sahel belt, a transitional zone of semi-arid short grassland and vachellia sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empis
''Empis'' is a genus of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It contains the following subgenera and species: ;'' Anacrostichus'' Bezzi, 1909 :*'' Empis bistortae'' Meigen, 1822 :*'' Empis lucida'' Zetterstedt, 1838 :*'' Empis monticola'' Loew, 1868 :*'' Empis nitida'' Meigen, 1804 :*'' Empis verralli'' Collin, 1927 ;'' Argyrandrus'' Bezzi, 1909 :*'' Empis dispar'' Scholtz, 1851 ;'' Coptophlebia'' Bezzi, 1909 :*'' Empis albinervis'' Meigen, 1822 :*'' Empis hyalipennis'' Fallén, 1816 :*'' Empis impennis'' Strobl, 1902 :*'' Empis lindneri'' Smith, 1925 :*'' Empis vitripennis'' Meigen, 1822 :*'' Empis volucris'' Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822 ;''Empis'' Linnaeus, 1758 :*'' Empis aestiva'' Loew, 1867 :*'' Empis bicuspidata'' Collin, 1927 :*'' Empis caudatula'' Loew, 1867 :*'' Empis chioptera'' Meigen, 1804 :*'' Empis decora'' Meigen, 1822 :*'' Empis limata'' Collin, 1927 :*'' Empis nigripes'' Fabricius, 1794 :*'' Empis nuntia'' Meigen, 1838 :*'' Empis pennipes'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
