Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis sp.?

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 22-04-2008 00:02
#1
hi flyforum,

Is this fly an empis sp.?

It was quite dark, black - blue-ish grey.
size: ~10mm
place Middelpolder/Amstelveen Netherlands.

Is it:

Empis bistortae ?
Empis nigricolor?
or .......?? ;)
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 22-04-2008 00:04

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 22-04-2008 00:02
#2
picture 2
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 22-04-2008 00:03

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 22-04-2008 00:03
#3
picture 3
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 22-04-2008 00:03

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-04-2008 08:18
#4
Looks like Rhamphomyia laevipes.

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 26-04-2008 23:37
#5
Thank you Paul,

I'll call it Rhamphomyia cf. laevipes