Empidoidea
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Chvala, M. 1983. The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. General Part. The families Hybotidae, Atelestidae and Microphoridae. Fauna Ent. Scand. 12:1-279.
Moulton, J. K. and B. M. Wiegmann. 2007. The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43:701-713.
Sinclair, B. J. and J. M. Cumming. 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa 1180:1-172.
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Scientific Name | Dolichopodidae |
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Location | Bas-Saint-Laurent -- Province de Québec -- Canada |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Size | About 5 mm long |
Source | Dolichopodidé -- Long-legged Fly |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2007 Gilles Gonthier |
Scientific Name | Empis livida |
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Location | Willoughby, Warwickshire, UK |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Dance Fly - Empis livida |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2006 Walwyn |
Scientific Name | Platypalpus sp. |
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Location | Suffolk County, New York, USA |
Comments | Hybotidae (Hybotid Dance Flies) |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
Source | Photo#276965 |
Source Collection | BugGuide.Net |
Copyright |
© 2009 Lynn Bergen
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- First online 05 September 2004
- Content changed 29 November 2007
Citing this page:
Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Empidoidea. Version 29 November 2007 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Empidoidea/10468/2007.11.29 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/