Empidinae

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Empidinae
Empis livida (aka).jpg
Male Empis livida
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Empidinae
Genera

Several, see text

Empidinae are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized. Most species are flower visitors and they can be effective pollinators.[1]

Genera[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Smith, Kenneth G. V. (1969). "The Empididae of southern Africa (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 19: 1–342.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Collin, James Edward (1933). "Empididae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 4: viii + 334.
  4. ^ a b Bezzi, M. (1909). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der sudamerikanischen Dipterenfauna Fam. Empididae". Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum. 91: 297–406.
  5. ^ Bickel, Daniel J. (2002). "Bandella, a new hilarine fly genus from Australia (Diptera: Empididae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54: 313–324. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. ^ Bickel, D. J. (1998). "Cunomyia, a distinctive new hilarine fly genus from the Tasmanian World Heritage Area (Diptera: Empididae)" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 132: 59–63. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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  8. ^ a b Collin, James Edward (1928). New Zealand Empididae based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. viii + 110.
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  11. ^ Plant, Adrian R. (1995). "A new genus of Empidinae (Diptera: Empididae) from New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 18 (1).
  12. ^ Wheeler, William Morton; Melander, Axel Leonard. "Empidae". Biol.Centr.-Am., Ins.: Dipt. 1(Suppl.): 366–376.
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  14. ^ Malloch, John Russell (1930). "Notes on Australian Diptera.XXV". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 55: 429–450. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  15. ^ Bickel, Daniel J. (1996). "Thinempis, a new genus from Australia and New Zealand (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the tribal classification of the Empidinae". Systematic Entomology. 21: 115–128.


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