Rhamphomyia marginata
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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Genus: | Rhamphomyia |
| Subgenus: | Pararhamphomyia |
| Species: | R. marginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhamphomyia marginata (Fabricius, 1787) | |
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This species is unusual, though not unique, as it is the females, and not the males that swarm.[2]
References
- Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- 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.
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