| Empidinae | |
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| Male Empis livida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Empidinae |
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Several, see text | |
Empidinae, also called dance flies,[1] are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized. Most species are flower visitors and they can be effective pollinators.[2]
- ^ Murray, Rosalind L.; Herridge, Elizabeth J.; Ness, Rob W.; Bussière, Luc F. (2017-06-13). "Are sex ratio distorting endosymbionts responsible for mating system variation among dance flies (Diptera: Empidinae)?". PLOS ONE. 12 (6): e0178364. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1278364M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178364. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5469461. PMID 28609446.
- ^ Lefebvre V, Daugeron C, Villemant C, Fontaine C (July 2019). "Empidine dance flies pollinate the woodland geranium as effectively as bees". Biology Letters. 15 (7): 20190230. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2019.0230. PMC 6684995. PMID 31362609.