Subfamily Empidinae

Classification · Numbers · Range · Print References

Pennsylvania Fly for ID - Hilara seriata - male

A single, one off, image of a wing-iridescent fly - Empis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Superfamily Empidoidea

Family Empididae (Dance Flies)

Subfamily Empidinae

Numbers

TBA described + ~500 undescribed spp. in our area; ~1,500 described and 3,000+ estimated spp. in 30 genera worldwide[cite:745518]

Range

worldwide; three major genera (Empis, Rhamphomyia, Hilara) in north temperate zones, most of other genera in the southern hemisphere[cite:745518]

Print References

Cumming, J.M. 1994. Sexual selection and the evolution of dance fly mating systems (Diptera: Empididae; Empidinae). The Canadian Entomologist 126: 907–920. (Full Text)

Contributed by Matthias Buck on 31 March, 2008 - 2:18pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 25 March, 2023 - 3:51am

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