Empis livida
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Genus: | Empis |
| Subgenus: | Kritempis |
| Species: | E. livida
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Empis livida is a species of fly in the Empididae family. It is included in the subgenus Kritempis of the genus Empis.[2] 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.[3][4][5][6] 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.[3][6] E. livida larvae are also carnivorous and live in damp soil and leaf litter. Adults fly in between April and July.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- ^ Collin, J.E. (1961). British Flies VI: Empididae Part 2: Hybotinae, Empidinae (except Hilara). Vol. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 329.
- ^ a b c Lindsey, J.K. (2008) [2003]. "Empis Livida". p. 1. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ Chvála, Milan (1974). The Empididae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part I. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 3. Charlse University, Czech Republic: Scandinavian Science Press. p. 336.
- ^ Chvála, Milan (1983). The Empididae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part II. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 12. Charlse University, Czech Republic: Scandinavian Science Press. p. 272.
- ^ a b Chvála, Milan (May 1994). "4". The Empididae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part III. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica Ser. Vol. 29. Charlse University, Czech Republic: Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated. pp. 43–46. ISBN 90-04-09663-9.
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