Empis livida: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Empididae
- Genus
- Empis
- Species
- Empis livida
- Scientific Name
- Empis livida
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Empis livida
Empis livida is a species of fly in the Empididae family. It is included in the subgenus Kritempis of the genus Empis. Males range from 7.5 to 9.3 millimetres (0.30 to 0.37 in), females 7.5 to 10.2 millimetres (0.30 to 0.40 in). The male's abdomen is brownish and its wings appear faintly brown and clouded. The female's abdomen is gray and its wings are clear. E. livida lives in hedgerows, feeding on the nectar of several species of Rosaceae, several species of Asteraceae, and Heracleum sphondylium nectar; they also feed on other insects. They live all across temperate and Northern Europe, the only species with such a wide distribution. E. livida larvae are also carnivorous and live in damp soil and leaf litter. Adults fly in between April and July.
...Empis livida in languages:
- Czech
- kroužilka žlutavá
- Dutch
- Akkerdisteldansvlieg
- French
- Empis livide
- German
- Helle Tanzfliege
- Polish
- Wójek żółtaczek
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Coptophlebia
- Empis abbrevinervis
- Empis abrupta
- Empis acinerea
- Empis aerobatica
- Empis aestiva
- Empis albicincta
- Empis albinervis
- Empis annulipes
- Empis argyriventris
- Empis atrifemur
- Empis azteca
- Empis barbatoides
- Empis barotse
- Empis bechuana
- Empis bicolor
- Empis bicuspidata
- Empis bistortae
- Empis bivittata
- Empis borealis
- Empis brincki
- Empis calvinia
- Empis caudatula
- Empis cetywayoi
- Empis chioptera
- Empis ciliata
- Empis cinerarius
- Empis clausa
- Empis confusa
- Empis crassifila
- Empis damara
- Empis dasytarsus
- Empis decora
- Empis deterra
- Empis discolor
- Empis dispar
- Empis dolorosa
- Empis erosa
- Empis eumera
- Empis exotica
- Empis femorata
- Empis flavobasalis
- Empis fulvicollis
- Empis geneatis
- Empis genualis
- Empis glandis
- Empis gooti
- Empis grisea
- Empis hirtipes
- Empis impennis
- Empis incompleta
- Empis indumeni
- Empis inornata
- Empis kafiri
- Empis korana
- Empis laminata
- Empis lepidopus
- Empis leptogastra
- Empis limata
- Empis liosoma
- Empis livida
- Empis lucida
- Empis macropus
- Empis maculata
- Empis makalaka
- Empis makololo
- Empis marginata
- Empis mashona
- Empis matabele
- Empis maviti
- Empis moiwasana
- Empis montezuma
- Empis namaqua
- Empis natalensis
- Empis nigricans
- Empis nigripes
- Empis nigrisquama
- Empis nigritarsis
- Empis nitida
- Empis nuntia
- Empis obesa
- Empis opaca
- Empis oribi
- Empis oxilara
- Empis pandellei
- Empis pennipes
- Empis perpendicularis
- Empis picipes
- Empis planetica
- Empis plorans
- Empis poeciloptera
- Empis praevia
- Empis prodromus
- Empis producta
- Empis pruinosa
- Empis pseudosetitarsus
- Empis pulchripes
- Empis rufiventris
- Empis sericans
- Empis serotina
- Empis skufini
- Empis spectabilis
- Empis spiloptera
- Empis spinosa
- Empis squamipes
- Empis strigata
- Empis tanysphyra
- Empis tessellata
- Empis testacea
- Empis totipennis
- Empis trianguligera
- Empis tridentata
- Empis tumida
- Empis turneri
- Empis umslangaani
- Empis umzilai
- Empis univittata
- Empis variegata
- Empis vetula
- Empis vitripennis
- Empis woodi
- Empis xochitl
- Enoplempis
- Planempis
- Xanthempis































































































































































