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Isidro	#1 Posted on 15-06-2009 16:08
Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2057 Joined: 26.04.07	Location: Valdelinares, Teruel, NE Spain. 1900 meters above sea. Habitat: Over a flower. In high numbers above different flowers. Date: Yesterday. Size: about 6-7 mm. Thanks Isidro


Paul Beuk	#2 Posted on 15-06-2009 19:02
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19229 Joined: 11.05.04	Empis (Xanthempis) semicinerea species group Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Isidro	#3 Posted on 15-06-2009 23:07
Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2057 Joined: 26.04.07	Another one? But this is much more greyish than the E. gr. semicinerea that I've posted some days ago...


Paul Beuk	#4 Posted on 16-06-2009 07:18
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19229 Joined: 11.05.04	The species complex is, surprise, a complex one and (AFAIK) needs to be sorted comepletely. All Xanthempis with completely grey thorax belong to that complex, even though other colouration may be different. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Isidro	#5 Posted on 16-06-2009 16:37
Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2057 Joined: 26.04.07	Then I have two different species... unidentifiable both? I hope that not!!!


Paul Beuk	#6 Posted on 17-06-2009 11:28
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19229 Joined: 11.05.04	There is soime literature on species of this group but nothing that covers them all at the same time. There has been a steady flow of new species described in Xanthempis over the past few years, including some in the semicinerea species complex. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Isidro	#7 Posted on 17-06-2009 12:04
Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2057 Joined: 26.04.07	Thanks Paul, then is impossible to identify any Empis of this subgenus by image, I imagine...