Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empididae (ID by Phil Withers)
Posted by javanerkelens on 29-04-2008 10:20
#1
It landed on my window today.
Can it by a Xylophagidae ??
Greatings Joke
Edited by javanerkelens on 29-04-2008 10:43
Posted by phil withers on 29-04-2008 10:24
#2
No, it is a male
Hilara (Empididae)
Posted by javanerkelens on 29-04-2008 10:32
#3
Oh...:o Only females have a Long twinge muzzle than ??
And male not ?
Greatings Joke
Posted by phil withers on 29-04-2008 12:42
#4
Hilara has a short proboscis, but the dilated male fore tarsi are (in most species) diagnostic.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-04-2008 21:11
#5
Possibly
H. maura.
Posted by Adrian on 30-04-2008 12:12
#6
Certainly Hilara but not sure about H. maura as the thoracic stripes don't look right to me (the three stripes often coalesce to look like one broad stripe in maura
. Probably another sp in the maura group.
Incidentally, there are a few Hilara with very long mouthparts:- H woodiella for example.
Cheers
Adrian