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Genus Empis

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 Anacrostichus
No Taxon subgenus Coptophlebia
No Taxon subgenus Enoplempis
No Taxon long-beaked California group
Species leptogastra - Empis leptogastra
Species poeciloptera - Empis poeciloptera
No Taxon black Texas species with pennate legs
Species deterra - Empis deterra
No Taxon red Eastern males with darkened wings


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