EMPIDIDAE
(dance flies, dagger flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Clinocera
a genus of dance flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
Empis
a genus of dance flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 9 subtaxa 116 images 3 ident. refs
Hilara
balloon-legged flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 21 images 1 ident. refs
Rhamphomyia
a genus of dance flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 20 images 1 ident. refs
Empididae (unidentified)
Unidentified Dance Flies, Dagger Flies
(Click to open)
 		Unidentified 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyEMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)
SuperfamilyEMPIDOIDEA (dance flies, dagger flies, long-legged flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Empidoidea (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Collin, J.E. 1961 Empididae British Flies, Vol VI, 782pp, Cambridge University Press
Hackston, M. 2012 Empididae, an illustrated key to UK genera https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys2/
() Hackston, M. 2009 Empididae, key to UK genera https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys2/

Tachydrominiinae

Chvála, M. 1975 The Tachydrominiinae (Diptera; Empidoidea) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 3, 336pp, Apollo Books

EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)
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