''Empis lucida'' 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 ''Anacrostichus''. It is found in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

.Collin, J.E. (1961) ''British Flies''. VI. Empididae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. It is a large (8–10 mm.) shining black species.

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Empis Insects described in 1838 Asilomorph flies of Europe {{Empidoidea-stub