''Rhamphomyia pilifer'' 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, except the

Balkan Peninsula The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

and the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

.Collin, J.E. (1961) ''British Flies''. VI. Empididae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. File:Rhamphomyia.pilifer9.-.lindsey.jpg , ''Rhamphomyia pilifer'' wing detail

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Fauna Europaea
Rhamphomyia Asilomorph flies of Europe Insects described in 1838 {{Empidoidea-stub