Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Empis sp.] Feathery Empis

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 02-05-2026 13:24
#1
Hello,

What do you think of this “feathery” Empis? Could it be Empis decora ♀?

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos372/big/PA040040_modif.JPG
JC Bartolucci : France : Saint-Paul-lès-Durance : 13115 : 04/10/2025
Altitude : NR - Taille : 7 mm
Réf. : 372336

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos372/big/PA040041_modif.JPG
JC Bartolucci : France : Saint-Paul-lès-Durance : 13115 : 04/10/2025
Altitude : NR - Taille : 7 mm
Réf. : 372337

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos372/big/PA040047_modif.JPG
JC Bartolucci : France : Saint-Paul-lès-Durance : 13115 : 04/10/2025
Altitude : NR - Taille : 7 mm
Réf. : 372338

Thank you in advance.

JC
Edited by JC_Bartolucci on 11-05-2026 09:41

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 04-05-2026 05:29
#2
Is it preferable to leave it as Empis sp.?

Posted by eklans on 04-05-2026 09:32
#3
It's not decora and not pennipes, I think - but I cannot tell the species - it's in the group with E. pennipes.
Female decora you can find here: https://diptera.i...d_id=88902

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 04-05-2026 13:11
#4
Ok, thank you for your reply. Indeed, my specimen seems different from the one you indicated. It remains to be seen whether anyone can take the identification further.