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 Rhamphomyia with broad dark wings
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| Sundew |
Posted on 23-10-2018 01:26
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Eleven years ago I posted a female Rhamphomyia with broad dark wings and feathery legs (https://diptera.i...ad_id=9143). The pictures were bad, as I used my son's small pocket camera at that time. Paul suggested Rhamphomyia erythrophthalma, but the pictures I found in the internet looked rather different to me. On 11. September 2014 I saw the fly again and got somewhat better pictures. So I would like to show it again, because it is a quite impressive fly. Couldn't it belong in subgenus Pararhamphomyia? Any ideas? Many thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [208.96Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 24-10-2018 19:35
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
It seems this poor female is a difficult case! With Hackston’s key (https://sites.goo.../empididae) it was rather easy to get to subgenus Pararhamphomyia, but then the trouble begins... I cannot decide whether there is a single or a double row of dorsocentrals. I tried the Pararhamphomyia key by Frey (1922, https://core.ac.u...922836.pdf) in all directions but could not find a character combination of - 1st and 2nd antennal segment yellow, legs yellow, halteres pale - thorax grey, abdomen dark - wings dark, broadened - hind tibiae distinctly pennate, hind femora distinctly pennate especially ventrally, middle tibiae distinctly pennate dorsally, middle femora rather hairy than pennate. So I am lost! What about you? Edited by Sundew on 24-10-2018 19:38 |
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but don't see the image in the post.
