''Empis (Xanthempis) testacea'' is a species of 'dance' flies belonging to 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 ...

subfamily

Empidinae Empidinae are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized. Most species are flower visitors and they can be effective pollinators. Genera *'' Afroempis'' Smith ...

. This species is mainly present in

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and the

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. The adults grow up to long and can mostly be encountered from April through July. This large size fly shows a light grey mesonotum with three dark stripes, wings are clear, yellow at the base with distinct veins, the legs are mainly reddish, while the abdomen is yellowish-brown.

References

* Di Milan Chvála -The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark: Genus Empis -
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External links

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Fauna Europaea
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4274429 Empis Diptera of Europe