BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

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

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Genus Drapetis       1
Genus Empis (a genus of dance flies) 4 22 45 1
Genus Hybos (a genus of dance flies) 1   12  
Genus Oedalea (a genus of dance flies) 2   3  
Genus Platypalpus       1
Genus Rhamphomyia (a genus of dance flies) 1   1 1
Genus Stilpon       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

Collin, J.E., 1961 British Flies: Vol VI, Empididae
Empididae, key to UK genera: http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/ Empididae, key to UK genera

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 general literature references to EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)

EMPIDIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 feeding and other relationships of EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)

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