Biology:Empis digramma

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Short description: Species of fly

Empis digramma
Cf Xanthempis digramma fg01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Genus: Empis
Subgenus: Xanthempis
Species:
E. digramma
Binomial name
Empis digramma
Meigen in Gistl, 1835 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Empis bilineata Loew, 1867

Empis digramma is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Xanthempis.[3] The thorax is gray with yellowish sides, with two dark stripes following the line of the dorsocentral bristles. Abdomen is gray upper and yellowish on the sides. The fly's length is 5–7.5 millimetres (0.2–0.3 in).

References

  1. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8. 
  2. Meigen, J. W. (1835). "New genus and species in Waltl, J. (1835) Neue Arten von Diptera aus der Umgegend von Munchen, benannt und beschrieben von Meigen, aufgefunden von Dr. J. Waltl". Faunus (Gistel's) 2: 66–72. 
  3. Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara). 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. pp. 329. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4273970 entry