These flies have shining black body, head, antennae and legs. Halteres are black and metapleural bristles are partly whitish. The base of the abdomen has whitish hairs.Milan Chvála Ket to Euempis species in The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark: Genus Empis. III The legs are very hairy, with brush-like thighs especially in the females. The wings are long, robust, very dark brown or black. They have a long black sucking snout pointed downwards, used to suck their food.
