Rhamphomyia marginata

Rhamphomyia marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Empididae
Genus:	Rhamphomyia
Subgenus:
Species:	R. marginata
Binomial name
	Rhamphomyia marginata; (Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
	Empis marginata Fabricius, 1787;

Rhamphomyia marginata is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is found in Europe, from Great Britain east to Romania and from Fennoscandia south to France, Austria and Hungary.

This species is unusual, though not unique, as it is the females, and not the males that swarm.^[2]

References[]

^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
^ Svensson, B. G. (1997). "Swarming behavior, sexual dimorphism, and female reproductive status in the sex role-reversed dance fly species Rhamphomyia marginata". . 10 (6): 783–804. doi:10.1023/B:JOIR.0000010413.20596.28.

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