Abstract
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Empis livida (dance fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Empididae). The genome sequence spans 291.20 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 6 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 17.63 kilobases in length.