Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758

Daugeron, Christophe, 2009, Systematics of the Euro-Mediterranean Empis (Kritempis) (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 531-544 : 536

Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758

Empis livida Linnaeus, 1758: 127 (original description).

A detailed list of the synonyms of this species can be found in the Palaearctic catalogue ( Chvála & Wagner 1989: 258).

Diagnosis. Palpus yellowish with fine setae; labrum 2 x head height. Scutum distinctly greyish brown with 3 blackish stripes on dorsocentrals and acrostichals; scutellar margin brownish; laterotergite with fan of black, strong, long anterior and brownish, fine, shorter posterior setae. Coxae, femora, tibiae entirely yellow; coxae with black setae. Wing with veins M 1 and M 2 distinctly abbreviated, brownish in male, hyaline in female. Male abdomen yellowish brown. Female with fore femur with short anterior pennation; hind femur with short posteroventral pennation; mid tibia somewhat S-shaped in dorsal view with posteroventral group of short spine-like setae basally; abdomen subshiny greyish.

Material. About 300 specimens from different parts of France, as well as 16 specimens from Algeria: 5 ♂, 2 ♀♀ “Rouiba, Dept. d’Alger, J. Surcouf, VI. 1923 ”; 5 ♂, 4 ♀ ♀ “Algérie, Chellala, J. Surcouf, 1921” .

Chorotype. European with an extension in Maghreb. Empis livida is known from the west Palaearctic and here firstly recorded from North Africa ( Algeria).

Remark. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of E. livida Linnaeus can be found in Collin (1961: 473, figs 169-170) and Chvála (1994: 45, figs 51–53).