Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Empid fly ?
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| LordV |
Posted on 08-09-2006 07:59
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I assume this is a dance fly ? Taken 07/09/06 South coast UK body length about 5mm any futher ID ? Thanks Brian V.    |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-09-2006 08:38
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi after all, amazing and stunning photos... as usual! I would vote for Empididae fly too.  I will take a risk and tell this could be an Empis sp. ? |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 08-09-2006 10:05
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Sure looks like a Dance Fly to me: big hump-backed thorax, tapering abdomen, round head, and prominent probocis. The only thing that makes me pause is, I have read that the eyes do not meet on Dance Flies. It looks to me like the eyes do meet on this fly.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 08-09-2006 12:07
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2160 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Empididae, no doubt about it! But whether it's Empis or Rhamphomyia I can't see. Jan Willem |
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