BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Empididae	Female imago	23 June 2005	North Wiltshire	England	5
Empididae	Male imago	23 June 2005	North Wiltshire	England	2
Empididae	Female imago	23 June 2005	North Wiltshire	England	2
Empididae		22 May 1977	North Hampshire	England	1
Empididae	In cop.	29 May 1976	East Sussex	England	1

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Genus	Empis (a genus of dance flies)	4	14	45
Genus	Hybos (a genus of dance flies)	1
Species	Hybos culiciformis (Fabricius) (a dance fly)			12
Genus	Oedalea (a genus of dance flies)	2
Species	Oedalea flavipes Zetterstedt (a dance fly)			1
Species	Oedalea holmgreni Zetterstedt (a dance fly)			2
Genus	Platypalpus				1
Genus	Rhamphomyia (a genus of dance flies)	1
Species	Rhamphomyia sulcata (Meigen, 1804) (a dance fly)			1
Genus	Tachydromia (a genus of dance flies)	1
Species	Tachydromia smithi Chvála, 1966 (a fly)				1
Genus	Tachypeza (a genus of dance flies)	1	3	17

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

EMPIDIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

EMPIDIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Empididae listed at higher taxonomic level

Associated with EMPIDIDAE:

is taken to the nest of female

Crossocerus ovalis - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Empididae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References