Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empid with very distinctive wings

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-05-2005 00:12
#1

Hello!

I photographed this small (< 10 mm) Empid (?, I think because of the "proboscis") yesterday in Ostwestfalen/Germany. Can anyone tell me, what species this is? Thank you!

insekteninfos.de/diptera/1805/Striped_Empid.jpg


Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-05-2005 06:46
#2

Distinctive indeed. There is only one with this kind of wings, the female of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata (what's in a name).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-05-2005 21:03
#3

Hello, Paul!

Paul Beuk wrote:
Distinctive indeed. There is only one with this kind of wings, the female of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata (what's in a name).


Thanks a lot! This Rhamphomyia was considerably larger than those two with the Ephemerid prey of the other thread.