Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 725 No. 725 |
Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the Ecozones but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium sized, non-metallic and rather bristly.
Ancestry Graph
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brachyceran-flies-.->bee-flies("family: Bee Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->blow-flies("family: Blow Flies")
brachyceran-flies==>dance-flies("family: Dance Flies"):::active
brachyceran-flies-.->dung-flies("family: Dung Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->flesh-flies-and-satellite-flies("family: Flesh Flies and Satellite Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->grass-flies("family: Grass Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->heleomyzid-flies("family: Heleomyzid Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->house-flies-and-allies("family: House Flies and Allies")
brachyceran-flies-.->hover-flies("family: Hover Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->lesser-house-flies-and-allies("family: Lesser House Flies and Allies")
brachyceran-flies-.->locust-blowfly(["species: Locust Blowfly"])
brachyceran-flies-.->lonchoptera("genus: Lonchoptera")
brachyceran-flies-.->polleniidae("family: Polleniidae")
brachyceran-flies-.->root-maggot-flies("family: Root-maggot Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->snipe-flies("family: Snipe Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->soldier-flies("family: Soldier Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->stiletto-flies("family: Stiletto Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->tachinid-flies("family: Tachinid Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->thick-headed-flies("family: Thick-headed Flies")
brachyceran-flies-.->woodlouse-flies("family: Woodlouse Flies")
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„The paradox of security“
A tomcat and a cat meet. And a spider secretly listens in.
