''Rhamphomyia crassirostris'' is a species of dance flies, in the

fly Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...

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 found in most of Europe, east to

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and

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. It is absent from

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and the

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.Collin, J.E. (1961) ''British Flies''. VI. Empididae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Rhamphomyia crassirostris, Llwiniarth, North Wales, May 2013 (16285332253).jpg , ''Rhamphomyia crassirostris'' specimen North Wales

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Fauna Europaea
Rhamphomyia Asilomorph flies of Europe Insects described in 1816 {{Empidoidea-stub