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Record 1 2020-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

Empididae: A large family of small predaceous brachycerous flies that fly in swarms with a dancing movement in the mating season, the males of many species courting the females with prey captured in silken balloons or webs produced from silk glands on their forelegs.

OBS

Empididae: plural noun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
OBS

Los empídidos (Empididae) son una familia de dípteros braquíceros[,] de distribución mundial, pero la mayoría son de la región Holártica.

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