''Empis rustica '' is a species of fly in the family
Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Leptempis''.
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 ...
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[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. ]
References
Empis
Insects described in 1798
Asilomorph flies of Europe
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