Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Empididae Scientific name Rhamphomyia marginata | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Rhamphomyia Rank Species | |
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Similar Rhamphomyia, Rhamphomyia crassirostris, Empis borealis, Empis stercorea, Empis pennipes | ||
Rhamphomyia marginata is a species of dance fly, 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.
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