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 Empis with pennate hind femora
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-05-2020 23:25
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, These Empis flies are active at the moment, and the key https://www.dipte...(2017).pdf does not bring me to a result. The female has pennate hind femora and distinctly hairy hind tibiae, so perhaps Paul is able to put a name on it or finds out to which group it belongs. The locality is southwestern Germany, 20 km west of Stuttgart. Thanks in advance, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [276.3Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-05-2020 23:28
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Some more pics (the fly climbed on a plastic duster meanwhile) 
Sundew attached the following image:  [254.94Kb] |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 14-05-2020 09:16
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Probably from the group with Empis nigripes, tricky even under the microscope.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 14-05-2020 22:23
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Empis nigripes complex is fine, thank you! I see where I went wrong in the key: I thought the dark thorax stripes to be between the lines of bristles, not along them. Sometimes it is difficult to decide! |
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