Rhamphomyia marginata
Species of fly
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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.
| Rhamphomyia marginata | |
|---|---|
| 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) | |
| Synonyms | |
This species is unusual, though not unique, as it is the females, and not the males that swarm.[2]