Maryland Biodiversity Project - Empis spectabilis

Empis spectabilis Loew, 1862

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Diptera > Family Empididae > Genus Empis Empis spectabilis - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/14666

BugGuide (2014) quotes Isaac Winkler, "The way the genitalia are bent downward is distinctive."

There are 9 records in the project database.

An Empis spectabilis in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/5/2020). Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

A male Empis spectabilis in Harford Co., Maryland (4/14/2018). Determined by John F. Carr/BugGuide. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

An Empis spectabilis in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (4/21/2014). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

An Empis spectabilis in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/7/2015). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

An Empis spectabilis in Harford Co., Maryland (4/16/2016). Determined by John F. Carr/BugGuide. Photo by Shannon Schade. (MBP list)

An Empis spectabilis in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/28/2007). Photo by Steve Collins. (MBP list)

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