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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Dance Flies (Empididae) » Empidinae » Empis » subgenus Coptophlebia (Empis subgenus Coptophlebia) » Empis clausa

Species Empis clausa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range
Trichopoda? - Empis clausa - female Dance fly - Empis clausa - male Fly - Empis clausa - male Empididae - Empis clausa - female Small Fly on Rudbeckia - Empis clausa small fly with long banded abdomen - Empis clausa - male Empis clausa? - Empis clausa Fly on Margarita flower - Empis clausa
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
Genus Empis
No Taxon (subgenus Coptophlebia)
Species clausa (Empis clausa)
Explanation of Names
Empis clausa Coquillett 1895
Size
~4 mm (BG data)
Identification
"feathery legs, long proboscis, spots on wing = Empis (Coptophlebia) clausa" -- Isaac Winkler
Range
Mid-west to southern Great Plains (BG data)
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 8 July, 2009 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 6 May, 2016 - 11:40am

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