Checklist of Empididae and Hybotidae (Diptera) flies from selected sites in Slovakia (Central Europe), with new records of five species for Slovakia [PDF]
A checklist of Diptera families Empididae and Hybotidae from 25 selected sites in Slovakia is presented. The checklist comprises 91 taxa (51 species of family Empididae and 40 species of family Hybotidae) including the first records of Platypalpus ...
Ruud van der Weele +3 more
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A check-list of the fly families Hybotidae and Empididae (Diptera) from the Caucasus [PDF]
A check-list of the species of the families Hybotidae and Empididae currently known from the territory of the Caucasus is provided. The check-list includes 40 species (8 known from the Caucasus only) belonging to 11 genera of Hybotidae, and 78 species ...
I.V. Shamshev, S.Yu. Kustov
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Contributions to the Dance Flies (Diptera: Empididae) of Siirt Fauna, Turkey
The adults of the Empidid flies are small to medium-sized, usually shiny black or densely grey dusted species. The adults are very important in pollination because they are flower visitors.
Mustafa Cemal ÇİFTÇİ
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Retrogressive Thaw Slumps Produce a Changing Disturbance Regime for Arctic Stream Invertebrates. [PDF]
Climate change is causing permafrost to thaw, resulting in the formation of large craters in the ground called thaw slumps, which deposit sediments and nutrients into rivers and continually impact stream ecosystems over time. We returned to slump impacted streams 10 years after an initial sample period and found that slumps permanently change streams ...
Dolan M +7 more
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Here we present an intriguing new species of the Empididae genus Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) from the Kashmir Himalayas. The new species, Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) aquila, has a distinctive appearance due to its highly deformed male hind legs with ...
S. A. Akbar +4 more
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The phylogeny of Empis and Rhamphomyia (Diptera, Empididae) investigated using UCEs including an over 150 years old museum specimen [PDF]
The genera Empis Linneus, 1758 and Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822 (Empidoidea, Empididae Latreille, 1809) are two large genera of flies commonly named dagger flies. They are widely distributed in the world with most species described from the Palearctic Region.
Caroline Rhodén, Emma Wahlberg
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EMPIDIDAE Tachydromiinae Chersodromia Bigot, 1891 † Chersodromia dominicana Solórzano et al., 2005:42 [Dominican amber] Drapetis Meigen, 1822 Drapetis (Elaphropeza) flavida (Williston, 1896). Smith, 1967:39.4 Porphyrochroa Melander, 1927 Porphyrochroa argentata Rafael & Ale-Rocha, 2002:247 *DR Porphyrochroa dominicanensis Rafael & Ale-Rocha, 2002:242 ...
James C. Dunford +35 more
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The Empis (Coptophlebia) hyalea-group is especially diversified in the Oriental region and is here partly reviewed. Twelve new species from Thailand are described and keyed, namely Empis (Coptophlebia) atratata sp. n., E. (C.) kosametensis sp. n., E. (C.)
Christophe DAUGERON, Patrick GROOTAERT
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The mitochondrial genome of Ocydromia sp. (Diptera: Empididae)
The dance fly, Ocydromia sp. belongs to the subfamily Ocydromiinae of Empididae. The mitogenome (GenBank accession number: MK514083) of Ocydromia sp. was sequenced, the first representative of the mitogenome of the subfamily.
Peng Hou, Shang Gao, Qilemoge, Ding Yang
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First record of the rare aquatic dance fly Chelifera aperticauda Collin, 1927 (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) from Slovakia [PDF]
The scarce European dance fly Chelifera aperticauda Collin, 1927 (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) is recorded for the first time from Slovakia. One male was found in the Pieniny Mts.
Jozef Oboňa +5 more
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