Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empisid id ?
Posted by BubikolRamios on 02-07-2010 09:07
#1
body ~7-8mm. The kind that does not let to be disturbed, You can push it with finger for better photo position and it does not fly away.
Edited by BubikolRamios on 02-07-2010 10:32
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-07-2010 09:51
#2
Empis (Xanthempis) sp. Cannot ID it here with no literature at hand.
Posted by BubikolRamios on 03-07-2010 18:52
#3
What is about this one gray stripe on thorax, google has images with one or two stripe of same species (forinstance Empis digramma, doh the stripe on mine to short to be e.d.). Is this male/female thing ? Does gray stripe tells anything at all regarding id ?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-07-2010 23:51
#4
I asm certain that thwe shortened broad median stripe is something specific for this taxon. Otherwise, among
Xanthempis species the number of stripes can vary from 0 to 1 to 2 to 3 to 4...