''Empis'' is a
genus
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of dance fly found in the
fly family
Empididae
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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 Empid ...
.
Species
;''
Anacrostichus''
Bezzi, 1909
:*''
Empis bistortae''
Meigen, 1822
:*''
Empis lucida
''Empis lucida'' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Anacrostichus''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confin ...
''
Zetterstedt, 1838
:*''
Empis monticola''
Loew, 1868
:*''
Empis nitida
''Empis nitida'' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Anacrostichus''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confin ...
''
Meigen, 1804
:*''
Empis verralli
''Empis verralli '' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Anacrostichus''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Con ...
''
Collin, 1927
;''
Argyrandrus''
Bezzi, 1909
:*''
Empis dispar
''Empis dispar'' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Argyrandrus''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined ...
''
Scholtz, 1851
;''
Coptophlebia''
Bezzi, 1909
:*''
Empis albinervis
''Empis albinervis '' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Coptophlebia'' of the genus ''Empis''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, t ...
''
Meigen, 1822
:*''
Empis hyalipennis
''Empis hyalipennis '' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Coptophlebia'' of the genus ''Empis''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, ...
''
Fallén, 1816
:*''
Empis impennis
''Empis impennis '' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Coptophlebia'' of the genus ''Empis''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the ...
''
Strobl, 1902
:*''
Empis lindneri''
Smith, 1925
:*''
Empis producta''
Daugeron, 2005
:*''
Empis vitripennis''
Meigen, 1822
:*''
Empis volucris''
Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
;''
Empis
''Empis'' is a genus of dance fly found in the fly family Empididae.
Species
;'' Anacrostichus'' Bezzi, 1909
:*'' Empis bistortae'' Meigen, 1822
:*'' Empis lucida'' Zetterstedt, 1838
:*'' Empis monticola'' Loew, 1868
:*'' Empis nitida ...
''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
:*''
Empis aestiva''
Loew, 1867
:*''
Empis bicuspidata''
Collin, 1927
:*''
Empis caudatula''
Loew, 1867
:*''
Empis chioptera''
Meigen, 1804
:*''
Empis decora''
Meigen, 1822
:*''
Empis limata''
Collin, 1927
:*''
Empis nigripes''
Fabricius, 1794
:*''
Empis nuntia''
Meigen, 1838
:*''
Empis pennipes''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
:*''
Empis planetica''
Collin, 1927
:*''
Empis praevia''
Collin, 1927
:*''
Empis prodromus''
Loew, 1867
:*''
Empis rufiventris''
Meigen, 1838
:*'' Empis syrovatkai'' Chvála, 1985
:*'' Empis tanysphyra'' Loew, 1873
:*'' Empis woodi'' Collin, 1927
;'' Euempis'' Frey, 1953
:*'' Empis basalis'' Loew, 1873
:*'' Empis calcarata'' Bezzi, 1899
:*'' Empis ciliata'' Fabricius, 1787
:*'' Empis erosa'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis fiumana'' Egger, 1860
:*'' Empis kerteszi'' Bezzi, 1900
:*'' Empis mikii'' Strobl, 1899
:*'' Empis mirandica'' Chvála, 1981
:*'' Empis morenae'' Strobl, 1899
:*'' Empis morio'' Fabricius, 1794
:*'' Empis picipes'' Meigen, 1804
:*'' Empis pilicornis'' Loew, 1867
:*'' Empis sericans'' Brulle, 1833
:*'' Empis spiralis'' Collin, 1937
:*''Empis tessellata
''Empis tessellata'' is a species of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Euempis''.
Distribution
The species is distributed in most of Europe from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, in the east to the Middle E ...
'' Fabricius, 1794
;'' Kritempis'' Collin, 1926
:*''Empis livida
''Empis livida'' is a species of fly in the Empididae, Empididae family. It is included in the subgenus ''Kritempis'' of the genus ''Empis''. Males range from , females . The male's abdomen is brownish and its wings appear faintly brown and cloud ...
'' Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
;'' Leptempis'' Collin, 1926
:*'' Empis abdominalis'' Daugeron, 1999
:*'' Empis adusta'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis affinis'' Egger, 1860
:*'' Empis alpina'' Loew, 1867
:*'' Empis cognata'' Egger, 1860
:*'' Empis confusa'' Loew, 1865
:*'' Empis dimidiata'' Meigen in Gistl, 1835
:*'' Empis discolor'' Loew, 1856
:*'' Empis divisa'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis flavitarsis'' Roser, 1840
:*'' Empis gaigeri'' Gercke, 1886
:*'' Empis grisea'' Fallén, 1816
:*'' Empis lamellata'' Daugeron, 1999
:*'' Empis lamellimmanis'' Daugeron, 1999
:*'' Empis macra'' Loew, 1867
:*'' Empis maculata'' Fabricius, 1781
:*'' Empis meridionalis'' Meigen, 1822
:*'' Empis mesogramma'' Loew, 1867
:*'' Empis multispina'' Daugeron, 1999
:*'' Empis nigricans'' Meigen, 1804
:*'' Empis pandellei'' Daugeron, 1999
:*'' Empis pteropoda'' Egger, 1860
:*'' Empis rava'' Loew, 1862
:*'' Empis rustica'' Fallén, 1816
:*'' Empis sinuosa'' Daugeron, 1999
:*'' Empis spitzeri'' Chvála, 1977
:*'' Empis trunca'' Daugeron, 1999
:*'' Empis variegata'' Meigen, 1804
;'' Lissempis'' Bezzi, 1909
:*'' Empis cuneipennis'' Bezzi, 1899
:*'' Empis curvitibia'' Chvála, 2003
:*'' Empis insularis'' Chvála, 2003
:*'' Empis liosoma'' Bezzi, 1909
:*'' Empis nigritarsis'' Meigen, 1804
;'' Pachymeria'' Stephens
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, 1829
:*'' Empis femorata'' Fabricius, 1798
:*''Empis scotica
''Empis scotica'' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Pachymeria'' of the genus ''Empis''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the lar ...
'' Curtis
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, 1835
:*'' Empis tumida'' Meigen, 1822
;'' Platyptera'' Meigen, 1803
:*''Empis borealis
''Empis borealis'' is a species of dance flies in the fly family Empididae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula, the Baltic Region and the Iberian Peninsula. The brown wings of the female are very broad, while the male fly� ...
'' Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
;'' Polyblepharis'' Bezzi, 1909
:*'' Empis albicans'' Meigen, 1822
:*'' Empis candidata'' Loew, 1873
:*'' Empis cothurnata'' Brulle, 1833
:*'' Empis crassa'' Nowicki
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, 1868
:*'' Empis curta'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis curvipes'' Loew, 1868
:*'' Empis dasynota'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis dedecor'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis depilis'' Loew, 1873
:*'' Empis divergens'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis engeli'' Chvála, 1999
:*''Empis eumera
''Empis eumera'' is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus ''Polyblepharis''. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confin ...
'' Loew, 1868
:*'' Empis eversmanni'' Loew, 1873
:*'' Empis fallax'' Egger, 1860
:*'' Empis gravipes'' Loew, 1856
:*'' Empis haemi'' Loew, 1862
:*'' Empis haemorrhoica'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis lugubris'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis nigerrima'' Loew, 1862
:*'' Empis opaca'' Meigen, 1804
:*'' Empis phaenomeris'' Loew, 1868
:*'' Empis soror'' Collin, 1937
:*'' Empis strigata'' Loew, 1867
;'' Rhadinempis'' Collin, 1926
:*'' Empis bazini'' Collin, 1926
:*'' Empis soror'' Collin, 1937
;'' Xanthempis'' Bezzi, 1909
:*'' Empis adriani'' Chvála, 1996
:*'' Empis aemula'' Loew, 1873
:*'' Empis aequalis'' Loew, 1873
:*'' Empis albifrons'' Bezzi, 1909
:*'' Empis algecirasensis'' Strobl, 1909
:*'' Empis concolor'' Verrall, 1872
:*'' Empis digramma'' Meigen in Gistl, 1835
:*'' Empis dispina'' Chvála, 1996
:*'' Empis kuntzei'' Becker
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, 1910
:*'' Empis laeta'' Loew, 1869
:*'' Empis laetabilis'' Collin, 1926
:*'' Empis lagoensis'' Chvála, 1996
:*'' Empis loewiana'' Bezzi, 1909
:*'' Empis lutea'' Meigen, 1804
:*'' Empis nevadensis'' Chvála, 1981
:*'' Empis oxilara'' Shamshev, 1998
:*'' Empis punctata'' Meigen, 1804
:*'' Empis rohaceki'' Chvála, 1994
:*'' Empis scutellata'' Curtis
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, 1835
:*'' Empis semicinerea'' Loew, 1867
:*'' Empis stercorea'' Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1761
:*'' Empis styriaca'' Strobl, 1893
:*'' Empis subscutellata'' Shamshev, 1998
:*'' Empis testacea'' Fabricius, 1805
:*'' Empis testiculata'' Bezzi, 1909
:*'' Empis trigramma'' Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
:*'' Empis unistriata'' Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from th ...
, 1887
:*'' Empis univittata'' Loew, 1867
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See also
* List of Empis species
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Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus