Home > Phylum selection > Arthropoda > Diptera > Empididae
Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Empis albida Subspecies Original description Synonyms Empis albida Meigen, 1804 Hilara albida (Meigen, 1804) Note: this is a nomen dubium. The identity of this species is entirely unclear. It has been described by Meigen (1804) on the basis of a single female specimen in the collection of Baumhauer. This collection contained German specimens, but also specimens from other countries, so the origin of the specimen is unclear. The description does not fit any known species of Empis. Chvala and Wagner (in Soos and Papp 1989) and Yang et al. (2007) have suggested that it could belong in the genus Hilara, but the description also does not fit any known species of Hilara. The white color might indicate that it was an aberrant specimen, probably a pigmentation mutant. Identification Distribution Unknown. Meigen (1804) did not give a location. It might have been caught in Germany, but this is not certain. Biology This page has been updated on February 11, 2012 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic. All rights reserved.	Related information: Subspecies Original description Synonyms Identification Distribution Biology References