What is "empis"

Empis is a genus of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It contains the following subgenera and species:

Anacrostichus Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis bistortae Meigen, 1822

:* Empis lucida Zetterstedt, 1838

:* Empis monticola Loew, 1868

:* Empis nitida Meigen, 1804

:* Empis verralli Collin, 1927

Argyrandrus Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis dispar Scholtz, 1851

Coptophlebia Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis albinervis Meigen, 1822

:* Empis hyalipennis Fallén, 1816

:* Empis impennis Strobl, 1902

:* Empis vitripennis Meigen, 1822

:* Empis volucris Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822

Empis Linnaeus, 1758

:* Empis aestiva Loew, 1867

:* Empis bicuspidata Collin, 1927

:* Empis caudatula Loew, 1867

:* Empis chioptera Meigen, 1804

:* Empis decora Meigen, 1822

:* Empis limata Collin, 1927

:* Empis nigripes Fabricius, 1794

:* Empis nuntia Meigen, 1838

:* Empis pennipes Linnaeus, 1758

:* Empis planetica Collin, 1927

:* Empis praevia Collin, 1927

:* Empis prodromus Loew, 1867

:* Empis rufiventris Meigen, 1838

:* Empis syrovatkai Chvála, 1985

:* Empis tanysphyra Loew, 1873

:* Empis woodi Collin, 1927

Euempis Frey, 1953

:* Empis basalis Loew, 1873

:* Empis calcarata Bezzi, 1899

:* Empis ciliata Fabricius, 1787

:* Empis erosa Loew, 1869

:* Empis fiumana Egger, 1860

:* Empis kerteszi Bezzi, 1900

:* Empis mikii Strobl, 1899

:* Empis mirandica Chvala, 1981

:* Empis morenae Strobl, 1899

:* Empis morio Fabricius, 1794

:* Empis picipes Meigen, 1804

:* Empis pilicornis Loew, 1867

:* Empis sericans Brulle, 1832

:* Empis spiralis Collin, 1937

:* Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794

Kritempis Collin, 1926

:* Empis livida Linnaeus, 1758

Leptempis Collin, 1926

:* Empis abdominalis Daugeron, 1999

:* Empis adusta Loew, 1869

:* Empis affinis Egger, 1860

:* Empis alpina Loew, 1867

:* Empis cognata Egger, 1860

:* Empis confusa Loew, 1865

:* Empis dimidiata Meigen in Gistl, 1835

:* Empis discolor Loew, 1856

:* Empis divisa Loew, 1869

:* Empis flavitarsis von Roser, 1840

:* Empis gaigeri Gercke, 1886

:* Empis grisea Fallén, 1816

:* Empis lamellata Daugeron, 1999

:* Empis lamellimmanis Daugeron, 1999

:* Empis lindneri Oldenberg, 1925

:* Empis macra Loew, 1867

:* Empis maculata Fabricius, 1781

:* Empis meridionalis Meigen, 1822

:* Empis mesogramma Loew, 1867

:* Empis multispina Daugeron, 1999

:* Empis nigricans Meigen, 1804

:* Empis pandellei Daugeron, 1999

:* Empis pteropoda Egger, 1860

:* Empis rava Loew, 1862

:* Empis rustica Fallén, 1816

:* Empis sinuosa Daugeron, 1999

:* Empis spitzeri Chvala, 1977

:* Empis trunca Daugeron, 1999

:* Empis variegata Meigen, 1804

Lissempis Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis cuneipennis Bezzi, 1899

:* Empis curvitibia Chvala, 2003

:* Empis insularis Chvala, 2003

:* Empis liosoma Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis nigritarsis Meigen, 1804

Pachymeria Stephens, 1829

:* Empis femorata Fabricius, 1798

:* Empis scotica Curtis, 1824

:* Empis tumida Meigen, 1822

Platyptera Meigen, 1803

:* Empis borealis Linnaeus, 1758

Polyblepharis Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis albicans Meigen, 1822

:* Empis candidata Loew, 1873

:* Empis cothurnata Brulle, 1832

:* Empis crassa Nowicki, 1868

:* Empis curta Loew, 1869

:* Empis curvipes Loew, 1868

:* Empis dasynota Loew, 1869

:* Empis dedecor Loew, 1869

:* Empis depilis Loew, 1873

:* Empis divergens Loew, 1869

:* Empis engeli Chvala, 1999

:* Empis eumera Loew, 1868

:* Empis eversmanni Loew, 1873

:* Empis fallax Egger, 1860

:* Empis gravipes Loew, 1856

:* Empis haemi Loew, 1862

:* Empis haemorrhoica Loew, 1869

:* Empis lugubris Loew, 1869

:* Empis nigerrima Loew, 1862

:* Empis opaca Meigen, 1804

:* Empis phaenomeris Loew, 1868

:* Empis soror Collin, 1937

:* Empis strigata Loew, 1867

Rhadinempis Collin, 1926

:* Empis soror Collin, 1926

Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis adriani Chvala, 1996

:* Empis aemula Loew, 1873

:* Empis aequalis Loew, 1873

:* Empis albifrons Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis algecirasensis Strobl, 1909

:* Empis concolor Verrall, 1872

:* Empis digramma Meigen in Gistl, 1835

:* Empis dispina Chvala, 1996

:* Empis kuntzei Becker, 1910

:* Empis laeta Loew, 1869

:* Empis laetabilis Collin, 1926

:* Empis lagoensis Chvala, 1996

:* Empis loewiana Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis lutea Meigen, 1804

:* Empis nevadensis Chvala, 1981

:* Empis oxilara Shamshev, 1998

:* Empis punctata Meigen, 1804

:* Empis rohaceki Chvala, 1994

:* Empis scutellata Curtis, 1835

:* Empis semicinerea Loew, 1867

:* Empis stercorea Linnaeus, 1761

:* Empis styriaca Strobl, 1893

:* Empis subscutellata Shamshev, 1998

:* Empis testacea Fabricius, 1805

:* Empis testiculata Bezzi, 1909

:* Empis trigramma Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822

:* Empis unistriata Becker, 1887

:* Empis univittata Loew, 1867