Biology:Rhamphomyia marginata

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Short description: Species of fly

Rhamphomyia marginata
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Genus: Rhamphomyia
Subgenus: Pararhamphomyia
Species:
R. marginata
Binomial name
Rhamphomyia marginata
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Empis marginata Fabricius, 1787[1]

Rhamphomyia marginata is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is found in Europe, from Great Britain east to Romania and from Fennoscandia south to France , Austria and Hungary.

This species is unusual, though not unique, as it is the females, and not the males that swarm.[2]

References

  1. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8. 
  2. Svensson, B. G. (1997). "Swarming behavior, sexual dimorphism, and female reproductive status in the sex role-reversed dance fly species Rhamphomyia marginata". Journal of Insect Behavior 10 (6): 783–804. doi:10.1023/B:JOIR.0000010413.20596.28. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7320191 entry