Empis

Empis
Male Empis livida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Empididae
Subfamily:	Empidinae
Genus:	Empis Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Empis genualis Strobl, 1893[1]
Subgenera
see text

Empis (Xanthempis) lutea, female feeding honeydew

Empis is a genus of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It contains the following subgenera and species:

Anacrostichus Bezzi, 1909^[2]

• Empis bistortae Meigen, 1822
• Empis lucida Zetterstedt, 1838^[2]
• Empis monticola Loew, 1868
• Empis nitida Meigen, 1804
• Empis verralli Collin, 1927^[2]

Argyrandrus Bezzi, 1909

• Empis dispar Scholtz, 1851

Coptophlebia Bezzi, 1909^[2]

• Empis albinervis Meigen, 1822^[2]
• Empis hyalipennis Fallén, 1816^[2]
• Empis impennis Strobl, 1902^[2]
• Empis vitripennis Meigen, 1822^[2]
• Empis volucris Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822^[2]

Empis Linnaeus, 1758^[2]

• Empis aestiva Loew, 1867^[2]
• Empis bicuspidata Collin, 1927^[2]
• Empis caudatula Loew, 1867^[2]
• Empis chioptera Meigen, 1804^[2]
• Empis decora Meigen, 1822^[2]
• Empis limata Collin, 1927^[2]
• Empis nigripes Fabricius, 1794^[2]
• Empis nuntia Meigen, 1838^[2]
• Empis pennipes Linnaeus, 1758^[2]
• Empis planetica Collin, 1927^[2]
• Empis praevia Collin, 1927^[2]
• Empis prodromus Loew, 1867^[2]
• Empis rufiventris Meigen, 1838^[2]
• Empis syrovatkai Chvála, 1985
• Empis tanysphyra Loew, 1873
• Empis woodi Collin, 1927^[2]

Euempis Frey, 1953^[2]

• 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 Chvala, 1981
• Empis morenae Strobl, 1899
• Empis morio Fabricius, 1794
• Empis picipes Meigen, 1804
• Empis pilicornis Loew, 1867
• Empis sericans Brulle, 1832
• Empis spiralis Collin, 1937
• Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794^[2]

Kritempis Collin, 1926^[2]

• Empis livida Linnaeus, 1758^[2]

Leptempis Collin, 1926^[2]

• 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 von Roser, 1840
• Empis gaigeri Gercke, 1886
• Empis grisea Fallén, 1816
• Empis lamellata Daugeron, 1999
• Empis lamellimmanis Daugeron, 1999
• Empis lindneri Oldenberg, 1925
• 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 Chvala, 1977
• Empis trunca Daugeron, 1999
• Empis variegata Meigen, 1804

Lissempis Bezzi, 1909^[2]

• Empis cuneipennis Bezzi, 1899
• Empis curvitibia Chvala, 2003
• Empis insularis Chvala, 2003
• Empis liosoma Bezzi, 1909
• Empis nigritarsis Meigen, 1804^[2]

Pachymeria Stephens, 1829^[2]

• Empis femorata Fabricius, 1798^[2]
• Empis scotica Curtis, 1824^[2]
• Empis tumida Meigen, 1822^[2]

Platyptera Meigen, 1803^[2]

• Empis borealis Linnaeus, 1758^[2]

Polyblepharis Bezzi, 1909^[2]

• Empis albicans Meigen, 1822
• Empis candidata Loew, 1873
• Empis cothurnata Brulle, 1832
• Empis crassa Nowicki, 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 Chvala, 1999
• Empis eumera 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 soror Collin, 1926

Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909^[2]

• Empis adriani Chvala, 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 Chvala, 1996
• Empis kuntzei Becker, 1910
• Empis laeta Loew, 1869
• Empis laetabilis Collin, 1926
• Empis lagoensis Chvala, 1996
• Empis loewiana Bezzi, 1909
• Empis lutea Meigen, 1804
• Empis nevadensis Chvala, 1981
• Empis oxilara Shamshev, 1998
• Empis punctata Meigen, 1804
• Empis rohaceki Chvala, 1994
• Empis scutellata Curtis, 1835
• Empis semicinerea Loew, 1867
• Empis stercorea Linnaeus, 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, 1887
• Empis univittata Loew, 1867

References

1. Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara). 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 329.
2. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.