Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the biogeographic realms but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium-sized, non-metallic and rather bristly.

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Empididae. Pronunciation: [Em·PID·i⋅dae] Common Name: Dance Flies, Dagger Flies; Balloon Flies. Description: Empidids are small to medium sized flies with a round head, a distinct neck, a humpbacked thorax, and long tapered abdomen. The legs are slender and sometimes the front legs are raptorial, for grasping other insects.

Empididae (Figures 1(i), 1(n), 2(h), 3(f), and 5(d)). Dance flies are an important but poorly known group of brachycerous flies. The 3500 described species presumably represents a small fraction of the group's actual diversity.

2005年11月18日 · The family “Empididae” in the traditional sense, is a diverse group of flies consisting of over 4,000 described species worldwide and about 800 described species in America north of Mexico.

dance fly, (family Empididae), any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, that are named for their erratic movements while in flight. Dance flies are small with a disproportionately large thorax and a long tapering abdomen.

Empididae, commonly known as dance flies, are a diverse family of flies within the order Diptera. They are renowned for their complex mating behaviors and a unique ecological role as both predators and pollinators.

Classification: Empidoidea were formerly classified in just two families: Empididae (dance flies) and Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies). Chvála (1981, 1983) found that some "Empididae" were more closely related to Dolichopodidae, and split the Empididae into several families.

2005年11月18日 · The Empidoidea have traditionally been divided into two families, the Empididae and Dolichopodidae, but recognition that the former family is not a natural or monophyletic group (Chvála 1983; Cumming et al. 1995) has led to differing classifications that split the “Empididae” into several families (Chvála 1983; Sinclair and Cumming 2006 ...

Empididae are most numerous in northern temperate and montane regions but are distributed worldwide. There are over 3,000 described species worldwide and they exhibit a greater diversity of form than almost any other family of Diptera.