Subspecies
Original
description
Synonyms
Empis rufipes
Meigen, 1804 (nec Scopoli, 1763; nec Gmelin,
1790; nec Wiedemann, 1830; nec Fabricius,
1805) (nomen dubium, see note below) (junior
homonym)
Rhamphomyia
rufipes (Meigen, 1804)
Empis culicina
Fallén, 1816
Rhamphomyia
culicina (Fallén, 1816)
Note: Empis rufipes Meigen, 1804 is a nomen
dubium, and the original description is of
insufficient detail; however, all available
data suggest that it might be identical with
Rhamphomyia culicina or Rhamphomyia
caliginosa. Empis rufipes Meigen, 1804 has
probably been described from material
collected in Germany, and because R. culicina
appears to be the commoner species of the two
in Germany, I provisionally place E. rufipes
in the synonymy of R. culicina. However, I do
not regard it as the valid name; it is best
viewed as a nomen oblitum.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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