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Empididae Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

150933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150933)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Empidoidea

Direct children (2)

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Genus Empis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Thinempis Bickel, 1996

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Empididae Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150933 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-05 07:38:13Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-09-27 09:00:28Z

checked

Wyatt, Nigel

2015-10-02 14:23:45Z

changed

Mortelmans, Jonas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 70: 338pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	dansvliegen	[details]
English	dance-flies	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	dansefluer	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	dansefluger	[details]
Swedish	dansflugor	[details]

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To NMNH Extant Collection (Illustration 002543)
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