Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empididae, Empis pennipes male

Posted by Renko on 23-05-2021 23:44
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Hello,

A small Empididae found in North of France, at Clairmarais, the 23 May 2021, at the edge of a deciduous forest path
Maybe an Empis sp. ? Can the external genitalia can help to ID it ?

Edited by Renko on 25-05-2021 12:06

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 25-05-2021 11:59
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Long-beaked Empis op blueish or p[ink flower: bound to be Empis pennipes

Posted by Renko on 25-05-2021 12:06
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Thanks you very much, Paul ! :)

I for some reason always imaginated Empis pennipes male to have feather like setae like the female