Empis Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- 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
- genus
- Empis
description
Empis Linnaeus 1758
Key to species of Empis s. str. of Egypt, Israel and Syria
1 Male............................................................................................... 2
- Female (unknown for E. insulata, E. nigropilosa, E. cilicauda, E. leucotricha and E. curticornis)..................... 16
2 Vein M 1 incomplete. Fore and mid legs with tarsomeres 1–3 greatly dilated (especially those of fore tarsus) and densely clothed with numerous very long setae dorsally..................................................... E. mirifica (Collin)
- Vein M 1 complete. Fore tarsus with only tarsomere 1 sometimes slightly thickened, mid tarsus with slender tarsomeres; covered with short setae....................................................................................... 3
3 Halter blackish to dark brownish, sometimes stem somewhat paler.............................................. 4
- Halter yellow (rarely yellowish brown, E. inopinata, or stem somewhat darker).................................... 9
4 Abdomen covered with pale setae........................................................................ 5
- Abdomen covered with black setae....................................................................... 6
5 Body with only pale setae; terminalia—Collin (1960: 407, fig. 7)............................... E. leucotricha Collin
- Mesonotum with black setae; terminalia—Collin (1960: 408, fig. 8a)............................ E. curticornis Collin
6 Scutellum with 2 setae; cercus deeply cleft into two lobes (E. chioptera - type): Collin (1960: 406, fig. 6) [Additional characters: fore basitarsus thickened, wings milky-white, epandrium with long dense setae at apex and below]..... E. cilicauda Collin
- Scutellum with 4–6 setae; cercus unilobate................................................................. 7
7 Acrostichal setae arranged in four irregular rows; hind tibia with posteroapical comb; terminalia as in Fig. 11................................................................................................ E. nigropilosa Collin
- Acrostichal setae biserial; hind tibia without posteroapical comb................................................ 8
8 Wing slightly whitish; phallus long, well exposed; hypandrium short, only slightly extending beyond margin of sternite 8 (Collin 1960: 403, fig. 4)............................................................... E. palaestinensis (Engel)
- Wing distinctly brownish; phallus short, hidden; hypandrium very long, its apex extending almost to apex of cercus (Collin 1960: 404, fig. 5)........................................................................ E. occlusa Collin
9 Abdomen and laterotergite with black setae; hypandrium pilose ventrally (Collin 1960: 409, fig. 9)........ E. pexata Collin
- Abdomen and laterotergite with pale setae (abdominal tergites sometimes with scattered black setae dorsally and laterotergite with additional dark setae); hypandrium bare.............................................................. 10
Empis Linnaeus
Genus Empis Linnaeus
Diagnostic characters. Proboscis long and very slender, heavily sclerotized, labrum much longer than head is high, labella slender; bristles present on the laterotergite; vein R4+5 forked, cell cup as long as or nearly as long as second basal cell, never only half as long.
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Bibliographic References
- Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
- Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
- Chvála (2015-11-29 23:00:00) The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. III. Genus Empis
- CoL2006
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
- 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>
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- PESI (2015-07-19 22:00:00) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure.
- Pape & Thompson (2015-11-27 23:00:00) Systema Dipterorum, a biosystematic database of world Diptera.
- Struwe, Ingemar (1899-12-31 23:00:00) SWEDISH BRACHYCERA LIST (sammanställning av taxa inom Diptera)
- as per family (nonmarine except where stated)