Empis (Enoplempis) delumbis

Sinclair, Bradley J., Brooks, Scott E. & Cumming, Jeffrey M., 2025, Revision of the western Nearctic species of Empis subgenus Enoplempis (Diptera: Empididae), Zootaxa 5615 (1), pp. 1-200 : 70

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5615.1.1

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C1E94B-FFF3-FFEB-8FC5-FC98A93B983F

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scientific name

Empis (Enoplempis) delumbis
status

 

Empis (Enoplempis) delumbis View in CoL species group

( Figs 143–147 View FIGURES 143–147 , 150, 151 View FIGURES 148–151 , 153–175 View FIGURES 152–153 View FIGURES 154–159 View FIGURES 160–163 View FIGURES 164–169 View FIGURES 170–173 View FIGURES 174–175 )

This group includes five species, E. (En.) delumbis Melander , E. (En.) floricola sp. nov., E. (En.) sphaera sp. nov., E. (En.) spiculata sp. nov. and E. (En.) tripenicillata sp. nov., which are distinguished by the phallus with paired lobes and usually with subapical spiny swelling (e.g., Figs 151 View FIGURES 148–151 , 171, 173 View FIGURES 170–173 ), hypandrium with long setae, subepandrial process present (e.g., Figs 170, 172 View FIGURES 170–173 ) and male hind femur usually with row of thickened posterior preapical setae (e.g., Figs 147 View FIGURES 143–147 , 156 View FIGURES 154–159 ). In addition, males of E. (En.) sphaera sp. nov. produce balloons.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Empididae

Genus

Empis

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