New West Palaearctic Species of Empis chioptera Group (Diptera: Empididae) [PDF]
The following six new species are described and illustrated: Empis (Empis) lusitanica sp. nov. (Portugal), E. (Empis) manteigasensis sp. nov. (Portugal, Spain), E. (Empis) miroslavi sp. nov. (Portugal), E. (Empis) moceki sp. nov. (Bulgaria), E.
Miroslav Barták
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Species of the subgenus Empis (Xanthempis) from South Korea (Diptera, Empididae) [PDF]
The subgenus Empis (Xanthempis) is newly recorded from South Korea with the following two species: E. (X.) sesquata (Ito, 1961) and E. (X.) suhi sp. n. A key to the known species of Xanthempis from Eastern Asia is presented.
Jiale Zhou +3 more
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Empidinae (Diptera, Empididae) from Bulgaria with new records and descriptions of three new species [PDF]
Empis (Leptempis) rhodopensis Barták sp. n., Hilara bulgarica Barták sp. n., and Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) stojanovae Barták sp. n. are described from Bulgaria. Altogether 32 species of Empididae are first reported from Bulgaria.
Liliana Kanavalová +2 more
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New Species of Empidinae (Diptera) from San Rossore National Park, Italy, with the First Report on Leg Polymorphism in the Genus Hilara Meigen and Their DNA Barcoding Evidence [PDF]
Altogether three species of Empidinae are described from San Rossore National Park, Italy: Empis (Euempis) sanrossorensis Barták sp. nov., Hilara polymorpha Barták sp. nov., and Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) sanrossorensis Barták sp. nov.
Miroslav Barták +3 more
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The mitochondrial genome of Empis separata (Diptera: Empididae) [PDF]
The dance fly Empis separata belongs to the subfamily Empidinae of Empididae. The mitogenome (GenBank accession number: MK993569) of E. separata was sequenced, the new representative of the mitogenome of the subfamily.
Yue Liu, Naizhong Chen, Ding Yang
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Using DNA barcodes for assessing diversity in the family Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) [PDF]
Empidoidea is one of the largest extant lineages of flies, but phylogenetic relationships among species of this group are poorly investigated and global diversity remains scarcely assessed.
Zoltan T Nagy +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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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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A new species of Empis Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Empididae) from Morocco, with a key to Coptophlebia-like species of the Mediterranean basin [PDF]
Empis (Empis) nikita sp. n. is described from Morocco. The new species belongs to a group of species with incomplete vein M1 that was placed earlier to the subgenus Coptophlebia Bezzi, 1909. The new species differs from all species of Empis s. str.
I.V. Shamshev
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A review of dance-flies of the Empis (s. str.) pennipes group of species (Diptera: Empididae) from the Caucasus, with descriptions of five new species [PDF]
The paper includes a review of dance-flies (Empididae) of the Empis (s. str.) pennipes group from the territory of the Caucasus that is based on materials housed in the Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, and in Kuban
S.Yu. Kustov, I.V. Shamshev
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