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Subfamily Empidinae

Window-dweller - Hilara Interesting Fly - Empis Riverbank fly - Rhamphomyia - female Empididae - Hilara - male Empididae - Empis clausa - female Dance Fly? - Rhamphomyia - male Dance fly?  Nectaring on dwarf crested iris - Empis mating empidids - female
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 (original reference "cite:745518", but that node is missing or deleted)
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)