Empis poeppigi Giebel 1856 (dagger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511

Belongs to Empis according to C. G. Giebel 1856

Sister taxa: Empis (Acallomyia), Empis bulbirostris, Empis carbonum, Empis exilis, Empis florissantana, Empis infossa, Empis inscita, Empis macilenta, Empis macrophthalma, Empis mala, Empis malefica, Empis melia, Empis miocenica, Empis mordax, Empis morosella, Empis orapaensis, Empis perdita, Empis personata, Empis pulvillata, Empis spinifera, Empis stilicornis, Empis tibialis, Empis tritava, Empis umbonata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber (Leipzig University collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Leipzig University collection)

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