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This volume treats dance flies of the genus Empis (Diptera, Empididae) of Fennoscandia and NW Europe. Altogether, 64 species in 11 subgenera are recognized. Each species is briefly described and the main differential characters are fully illustrated, with full data on synonymy, type specimens, distribution and biology. Phylogeny and classification are also treated.

Produktbeschreibung
This volume treats dance flies of the genus Empis (Diptera, Empididae) of Fennoscandia and NW Europe. Altogether, 64 species in 11 subgenera are recognized. Each species is briefly described and the main differential characters are fully illustrated, with full data on synonymy, type specimens, distribution and biology. Phylogeny and classification are also treated.
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Autorenporträt
Milan Chvála, born in Prague in 1936 and graduated in 1960 at the Faculty of Science of the Charles University in Prague in zoology and entomology. Lecturing entomology at the Faculty of Science in Prague since 1965 and in 1989 awarded the DrSc degree in biology. Since 1991 vice-dean of the Faculty of Science of the Charles University. Corresponding member of the Entomological Society in Helsinki (1984), Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London (1991) and since 1986 vice-chairman of the Council for International Congresses of Dipterology. He has published more than 150 scientific papers in dipterology including several monographs and books, for instance volumes 3 (1975) and 12 (1983) of the Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, The Horse Flies of Europe (Copenhagen 1972) or (together with J. Zahradník) Insects: A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide to Insects of Britain and Europe (Hamlyn, London 1989).