Empis es un género de moscas de la familia Empididae.
Miden alrededor de 10 mm. Se alimentan de insectos voladores y también de néctar.

Empis y Rhamphomyia posiblemente no son monofiléticos entre sí y la taxonomía necesita revisión. Hay alrededor de 350 especies, la mayoría en el hemisferio norte.
Contiene los siguientes subgéneros y especies:
Anacrostichus Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis bistortae Meigen, 1822
:*Empis lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
:*Empis monticola Loew, 1868
:*Empis nitida Meigen, 1804
:*Empis verralli Collin, 1927
Argyrandrus Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis dispar Scholtz, 1851
Coptophlebia Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis albinervis Meigen, 1822
:*Empis hyalipennis Fallén, 1816
:*Empis impennis Strobl, 1902
:*Empis lindneri Smith, 1925
:*Empis vitripennis Meigen, 1822
:*Empis volucris Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
Empis Linnaeus, 1758
:*Empis aestiva Loew, 1867
:*Empis bicuspidata Collin, 1927
:*Empis caudatula Loew, 1867
:*Empis chioptera Meigen, 1804
:*Empis decora Meigen, 1822
:*Empis limata Collin, 1927
:*Empis nigripes Fabricius, 1794
:*Empis nuntia Meigen, 1838
:*Empis pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
:*Empis planetica Collin, 1927
:*Empis praevia Collin, 1927
:*Empis prodromus Loew, 1867
:*Empis rufiventris Meigen, 1838
:*Empis syrovatkai Chvála, 1985
:*Empis tanysphyra Loew, 1873
:*Empis woodi Collin, 1927
Euempis Frey, 1953
:*Empis basalis Loew, 1873
:*Empis calcarata Bezzi, 1899
:*Empis ciliata Fabricius, 1787
:*Empis erosa Loew, 1869
:*Empis fiumana Egger, 1860
:*Empis kerteszi Bezzi, 1900
:*Empis mikii Strobl, 1899
:*Empis mirandica Chvála, 1981
:*Empis morenae Strobl, 1899
:*Empis morio Fabricius, 1794
:*Empis picipes Meigen, 1804
:*Empis pilicornis Loew, 1867
:*Empis sericans Brulle, 1833
:*Empis spiralis Collin, 1937
:*Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Kritempis Collin, 1926
:*Empis livida Linnaeus, 1758
Leptempis Collin, 1926
:*Empis abdominalis Daugeron, 1999
:*Empis adusta Loew, 1869
:*Empis affinis Egger, 1860
:*Empis alpina Loew, 1867
:*Empis cognata Egger, 1860
:*Empis confusa Loew, 1865
:*Empis dimidiata Meigen in Gistl, 1835
:*Empis discolor Loew, 1856
:*Empis divisa Loew, 1869
:*Empis flavitarsis Roser, 1840
:*Empis gaigeri Gercke, 1886
:*Empis grisea Fallén, 1816
:*Empis lamellata Daugeron, 1999
:*Empis lamellimmanis Daugeron, 1999
:*Empis macra Loew, 1867
:*Empis maculata Fabricius, 1781
:*Empis meridionalis Meigen, 1822
:*Empis mesogramma Loew, 1867
:*Empis multispina Daugeron, 1999
:*Empis nigricans Meigen, 1804
:*Empis pandellei Daugeron, 1999
:*Empis pteropoda Egger, 1860
:*Empis rava Loew, 1862
:*Empis rustica Fallén, 1816
:*Empis sinuosa Daugeron, 1999
:*Empis spitzeri Chvála, 1977
:*Empis trunca Daugeron, 1999
:*Empis variegata Meigen, 1804
Lissempis Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis cuneipennis Bezzi, 1899
:*Empis curvitibia Chvála, 2003
:*Empis insularis Chvála, 2003
:*Empis liosoma Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Pachymeria Stephens, 1829
:*Empis femorata Fabricius, 1798
:*Empis scotica Curtis, 1835
:*Empis tumida Meigen, 1822
Platyptera Meigen, 1803
:*Empis borealis Linnaeus, 1758
Polyblepharis Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis albicans Meigen, 1822
:*Empis candidata Loew, 1873
:*Empis cothurnata Brulle, 1833
:*Empis crassa Nowicki, 1868
:*Empis curta Loew, 1869
:*Empis curvipes Loew, 1868
:*Empis dasynota Loew, 1869
:*Empis dedecor Loew, 1869
:*Empis depilis Loew, 1873
:*Empis divergens Loew, 1869
:*Empis engeli Chvála, 1999
:*Empis eumera Loew, 1868
:*Empis eversmanni Loew, 1873
:*Empis fallax Egger, 1860
:*Empis gravipes Loew, 1856
:*Empis haemi Loew, 1862
:*Empis haemorrhoica Loew, 1869
:*Empis lugubris Loew, 1869
:*Empis nigerrima Loew, 1862
:*Empis opaca Meigen, 1804
:*Empis phaenomeris Loew, 1868
:*Empis soror Collin, 1937
:*Empis strigata Loew, 1867
Rhadinempis Collin, 1926
:*Empis bazini Collin, 1926
:*Empis soror Collin, 1937
Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis adriani Chvála, 1996
:*Empis aemula Loew, 1873
:*Empis aequalis Loew, 1873
:*Empis albifrons Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis algecirasensis Strobl, 1909
:*Empis concolor Verrall, 1872
:*Empis digramma Meigen in Gistl, 1835
:*Empis dispina Chvála, 1996
:*Empis kuntzei Becker, 1910
:*Empis laeta Loew, 1869
:*Empis laetabilis Collin, 1926
:*Empis lagoensis Chvála, 1996
:*Empis loewiana Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis lutea Meigen, 1804
:*Empis nevadensis Chvála, 1981
:*Empis oxilara Shamshev, 1998
:*Empis punctata Meigen, 1804
:*Empis rohaceki Chvála, 1994
:*Empis scutellata Curtis, 1835
:*Empis semicinerea Loew, 1867
:*Empis stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
:*Empis styriaca Strobl, 1893
:*Empis subscutellata Shamshev, 1998
:*Empis testacea Fabricius, 1805
:*Empis testiculata Bezzi, 1909
:*Empis trigramma Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
:*Empis unistriata Becker, 1887
:*Empis univittata Loew, 1867

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