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Taxonomy
Empis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Empididae, Empidinae, Empidini, Empidoidea.
It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776), Harris (1780) and Latreille (1796); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Asilici by Latreille (1802); to Empidinae by Statz (1940); to Empididae by Aldrich (1905), James (1937) and Carpenter (1992); and to Empidini by Waters (1989), Sinclair and Cumming (2006) and Wahlberg and Johanson (2018).
It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776), Harris (1780) and Latreille (1796); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Asilici by Latreille (1802); to Empidinae by Statz (1940); to Empididae by Aldrich (1905), James (1937) and Carpenter (1992); and to Empidini by Waters (1989), Sinclair and Cumming (2006) and Wahlberg and Johanson (2018).
Species
E. (Acallomyia), E. bulbirostris, E. carbonum, E. exilis, E. florissantana, E. infossa, E. inscita, E. macilenta, E. macrophthalma, E. mala, E. malefica, E. melia, E. miocenica, E. mordax, E. morosella (syn. E. morosa), E. orapaensis, E. perdita, E. personata, E. poeppigi, E. pulvillata, E. spinifera, E. stilicornis, E. tibialis, E. tritava (syn. E. tristis), E. umbonata
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Empis Linnaeus p. 603 |
| 1761 | Empis Linnaeus p. 466 |
| 1763 | Empis Scopoli p. 368 |
| 1764 | Empis Müller p. 87 |
| 1766 | Empis Schaeffer |
| 1767 | Empis Linnaeus p. 1003 |
| 1775 | Empis Fabricius p. 801 |
| 1776 | Empis Müller p. 182 |
| 1780 | Empis Harris p. 149 |
| 1796 | Empis Latreille p. 155 |
| 1798 | Empis Fabricius p. 568 |
| 1802 | Empis Latreille p. 435 |
| 1899 | Empis bulbirostris Meunier p. 178 |
| 1899 | Empis stilicornis Meunier p. 178 |
| 1899 | Empis tibialis Meunier p. 178 |
| 1905 | Empis Aldrich p. 321 |
| 1937 | Empis James p. 247 |
| 1940 | Empis Statz p. 132 |
| 1989 | Empis Waters |
| 1992 | Empis Carpenter |
| 2006 | Empis Sinclair and Cumming p. 74 |
| 2018 | Empis Wahlberg and Johanson |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Empis Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Empis (Acallomyia) Melander 1928
†Empis carbonum Germar 1837
†Empis exilis Meunier 1908
†Empis florissantana Cockerell 1915
†Empis infossa Melander 1949
†Empis inscita Meunier 1908
†Empis macilenta Meunier 1908
†Empis macrophthalma Förster 1891
†Empis mala Meunier 1908
†Empis malefica Meunier 1908
†Empis melia von Heyden 1870
†Empis miocenica Cockerell 1915
†Empis mordax Meunier 1908
†Empis orapaensis Waters 1989
†Empis perdita Cockerell 1916
†Empis personata Meunier 1908
†Empis poeppigi Giebel 1856
†Empis pulvillata Loew 1850
†Empis spinifera Statz 1940
†Empis umbonata Statz 1940
Invalid names: Empis bulbirostris Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Empis stilicornis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Empis tibialis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available