Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis sp. 2

Posted by Andre Burgers on 02-05-2010 09:57
#1

Rather large fly on Cistus.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-05-2010 21:01
#2

To few details to be certain. Have the specimen?

Posted by Andre Burgers on 06-05-2010 08:43
#3

Paul bedankt.:)

What details are necessary to give ID a try?

Genitals to start with, I suppose...

Thanks en de groeten,
André

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-05-2010 19:41
#4

At least a good lateral view.

Posted by Andre Burgers on 07-05-2010 08:24
#5

Paul Beuk wrote:
At least a good lateral view.


The next time I take a shot I will bear this in mind.

Sorry for my dipteral ignorance.:S

Bedankt en de groeten,
André

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-05-2010 21:45
#6

Hello, Paul!

Is this one (8 mm, from May-05 at house, northwest Germany) possibly the same species? I have no real lateral shot, but somehow more lateral...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-05-2010 21:46
#7

Dorsal.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-05-2010 22:47
#8

Top one has dark anterior femora and only three stripes ont he mesonotum. Yours has reddish anterior femora and four stripes on the mesonotum. It might be nigricans...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-05-2010 23:14
#9

Paul Beuk wrote:
Top one has dark anterior femora and only three stripes ont he mesonotum. Yours has reddish anterior femora and four stripes on the mesonotum. It might be nigricans...


Thanks, Paul!