vicaria Frey, 1935: 5 ( Empis ( Anacrostichus))

Current name. Junior synonym of Empis (Anacrostichus) longipennis Loew, 1868 .

Type locality: Russia, Kamchatka .

Notes on the type series. Frey described this species after both sexes. He noted the following material: “1 Pärchen, Kamtchatka ”. Only one syntype was found in NHRS.

Type material examined. LECTOTYPE (here designated in order to fix identity of the species), ♂ (Fig. 10), labelled (Fig. 11): “ Kamtschatka / Malaise ”; “2087”; “Spec. typ.”; “ Empis / vicaria n. sp. [hand-written by Frey]/ R. Frey det.”; “ Lectotypus / Empis / vicaria Frey, 1935 / design. Shamshev, 2020” (NHRS).

Remarks. Shamshev (2016) has already commented on the synonymy of E. vicaria with E. longipennis Loew.