EMPIDIDAE
(dance flies, dagger flies)

Interactions where EMPIDIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Crossocerus ovalis a digger wasp Hymenoptera: Crabronidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crossocerus ovalis/Crossocerus ovalisa digger waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Empididae/Empididaedance flies, dagger flies female stocks nest with

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Empis
a genus of dance flies
Genus 3 references
Hilara
balloon-legged flies
Genus 1 references
Rhamphomyia
a genus of dance flies
Genus 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyEMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)
SuperfamilyEMPIDOIDEA (dance flies, dagger flies, long-legged flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Empidoidea (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Collin, J.E. 1961 Empididae British Flies, Vol VI, 782pp, Cambridge University Press
Hackston, M. 2012 Empididae, an illustrated key to UK genera https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys2/
() Hackston, M. 2009 Empididae, key to UK genera https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys2/

Tachydrominiinae

Chvála, M. 1975 The Tachydrominiinae (Diptera; Empidoidea) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 3, 336pp, Apollo Books

EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S.J. & Crossley, R. 2005 A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain Part 3: Empidoidea Species Status No. 3, 134pp, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 178 images of EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies)
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