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For the United States & Canada

subgenus Enoplempis

Empis mating pair with nuptial balloon - Empis - male - female Empis tridentata - male Empis tridentata - male Empis tridentata - male dance fly - Empis - male SBBG-SCL-TIC_000494 - Empis Empis tridentata? - Empis tridentata Fly on Monkeyflower - 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
Genus Empis
No Taxon subgenus Enoplempis
Numbers
Over 50 species
Identification
Modifications on the hind femoral-tibial joint in males, spinose tarsi
Range
Widespread in North America
Remarks
Males of many species carry balloons for courtship, like Hilara.
Print References
Sinclair, B.J., Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. (2013). Revision of the Empis subgenus Enoplempis Bigot, east of the Rocky Mountains (Diptera: Empididae). Zootaxa, 3736 (5), 401–456. (Full Text)
Sinclair, B.J., Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. (2021). Revision of the Empis (Enoplempis) mira species group (Diptera: Empididae). Zootaxa 4927 (1): 41–57. (Full Text)