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Hello,

this is the third Empis sp. (or similar) that I found and I never been able to identicate it :)

@ Paul Beuk: this time I have the specimen ;) Do you want it?

Long about 3-4 mm.

Platypalpus Macquart, 1827

Platypalpus aeneus (Macquart, 1823) (N, S)
Platypalpus agilis (Meigen, 1822) (N)
Platypalpus albicornis (Zetterstedt, 1842) (N)
Platypalpus albocapillatus (Fallén, 1815) (S)
Platypalpus albomicans (Bezzi, 1892) (N)
Platypalpus alpigenus (Strobl, 1893) (N)
Platypalpus alpinus Chvala, 1971 (N)
Platypalpus analis (Meigen, 1830) (N)
Platypalpus annulatus (Fallén, 1815) (N)
Platypalpus annulipes (Meigen, 1822) (N)
Platypalpus articulatoides (Frey, 1918) (N)
Platypalpus articulatus Macquart, 1827 (N)
Platypalpus baldensis (Strobl, 1899) (N)
Platypalpus boreoalpinus Frey, 1943 (N)
Platypalpus brachystylus (Bezzi, 1892) (N)
Platypalpus calceatus (Meigen, 1822) (N, S)
Platypalpus candidans (Fallén, 1815) (N)
Platypalpus ciliaris (Fallén, 1816) (N)
Platypalpus cilitarsis Frey, 1943 (N)
Platypalpus commutatus (Strobl, 1893) (N)
Platypalpus confiformis Chvala, 1971 (N)
Platypalpus cothurnatus Macquart, 1827 (N)
Platypalpus cruralis (Collin, 1961) (N)
Platypalpus cursitans (Fabricius, 1775) (N, S, Si?)
Platypalpus dilatovittatus (Strobl, 1910) (N)
Platypalpus engadinicus (Mik, 1896) (N)
Platypalpus eumelaenus (Mik, 1884) (N)
Platypalpus excisus (Becker, 1907) (N)
Platypalpus eximius (Oldenberg, 1924) (N)
Platypalpus fasciatus (Meigen, 1822) (N)
Platypalpus flavicornis (Meigen, 1822) (N)
Platypalpus flaviseta Chvala, 1973 (N)
Platypalpus fuscicornis (Zetterstedt, 1842) (N)
Platypalpus hackmani Chvala, 1972 (N)
Platypalpus laticinctus Walker, 1851 (N)
Platypalpus leucothrix (Strobl, 1920) (N)
Platypalpus longimanus (Corti, 1907) (N)
Platypalpus longiseta (Zetterstedt, 1842) (N)
Platypalpus luteicornis (Meigen, 1838) (N)
Platypalpus luteolus (Collin, 1926) (N)
Platypalpus luteus (Meigen, 1804) (N)
Platypalpus macula (Zetterstedt, 1842) (N)
Platypalpus maculipes (Meigen, 1822) (N, S)
Platypalpus major (Zetterstedt, 1842) (N)
Platypalpus mikii (Becker, 1890) (N)
Platypalpus minutus (Meigen, 1804) (N, S?, Si)
Platypalpus multisetosus (Bezzi, 1899) (S)
Platypalpus nigricoxa (Mik, 1884) (N)
Platypalpus niger (Meigen, 1804) (N)
Platypalpus nigrinus (Meigen, 1822) (N)
Platypalpus nigrosetosus (Strobl, 1893) (N)
Platypalpus niveisetoides Chvala, 1973 (N)
Platypalpus nonstriatus (Strobl, 1901) (N)
Platypalpus notatus (Meigen, 1822) (N)
Platypalpus obscuripes (Strobl, 1899) (N, S)
Platypalpus obscurus (von Roser, 1840) (N)
Platypalpus optivus (Collin, 1926) (N)
Platypalpus ostiorum (Becker, 1902) (N)
Platypalpus pallidiventris (Meigen, 1822) (N, Si?)
Platypalpus pallipes (Fallén, 1815) (N)
Platypalpus pectoralis (Fallén, 1815) (N)
Platypalpus pseudociliaris (Strobl, 1910) (S)
Platypalpus pseudorapidus Kovalev, 1971 (N)
Platypalpus pseudounguiculatus (Strobl, 1909) (Si?)
Platypalpus spinicercus Chvala, 1981 (N)
Platypalpus stigma (Collin, 1926) (N, S)
Platypalpus stigmatellus (Zetterstedt, 1842) (N)
Platypalpus stroblii (Mik, 1900) (N)
Platypalpus tergestinus Egger, 1860 (N)
Platypalpus vegetus Frey, 1943 (N)
Platypalpus vegrandis Frey, 1943 (N)
Platypalpus verralli Collin, 1926 (S, Si?)


17.12.2012 - Northeast Italy


IMG_3653a di Marcello Consolo, su Flickr


IMG_3660a di Marcello Consolo, su Flickr

Thanks,
Marcello

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It looks for me like Platypalpus (Hybotidae).
But wait for Paul... Regards, Ingo

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Yes! It seems a Platypalpus sp. :)

Ok, this time nothing Empis.

Thanks

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Compare this Platypalpus from Germany: http://www.dipter...d_id=51596.

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Hi John,

yes, look like it!

Now I'll try too see the other species.

Thanks!

Ciao,
Marcello

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Mhhh .. we don't have the P. longicornis here, many of them in the checklist are unknown, no photo around the web, so it will be hard to find the right one.

Browsing some species I see the most similar are (for now) P. agilis and P. major.

I have the specimen btw, someone want to identificate it? :)

Thanks for the help,
Marcello