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Empididae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Empididae

Name

Synonyms
Empedidae
Tachydromia stilpon Meunier, 1899
Homonyms
Empididae
Common names
Dagger Flies in English
Dagger Fly in English
Dagger Fly in English
Dagger flies and balloon flies in English
Dance Flies in English
Dance Fly in English
Dance-flies in English
Dance-flies in English
Dansefluer in Danish
Snapmusės in Lithuanian
Tanhukärpäset in Finnish
Tanzfliegen in German
Wujkowate in Polish
balloon flies in language.
dagger fly in English
dance flies in language.
dance-flies in English
dance-flies in English
dansefluer in Norwegian Bokmål
dansefluger in Nynorsk, Norwegian
dansflugor in Swedish
dansvliegen in Dutch
dansvliegen in Dutch
kroužilkovití in Czech
krúživkovité in Slovak
moscas danzantes in Spanish
surukärblased in Estonian
táncoslegyek in Hungarian
Εμπιδίδες in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Емпідиди in Ukrainian
Товкунцеві in Ukrainian
Толкунчики in Russian
Хижухові in Ukrainian
פיזוזיים in Hebrew
แมลงวันกระโดด in Thai
オドリバエ科 in Japanese
舞虻科 in Chinese
춤파리과 in Korean
dansefluer in Norwegian Bokmål
dansefluger in Nynorsk, Norwegian
dansflugor in Swedish
dance-flies in English
dansefluer in Norwegian Bokmål
dansefluger in Nynorsk, Norwegian
dansflugor in Swedish
dansvliegen in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Beuk, P.L.Th. (ed.) (2002)
  4. De Pauw, N. & Vannevel, R. (eds.) (1991)
  5. Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. <em>Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen.</em> 70: 338pp.
  6. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  7. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  8. Nilsson, A. (ed.) (1997)
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. Sinclair & Cumming (2006) The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)
  11. Smith, K.G.V. (1989)
  12. Vockeroth, J. R.,Peterson, B. V.,Knutson, L. V.,Teskey, H. J.,McAlpine, J. F.,Steyskal, G. C.,Shewell, G. E.,Wood, D. M. (1981) Chapter 47. Empididae http://diptera.myspecies.info/node/3511
  13. some verified marine genera (AJR, Nov 2010)
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