Posted by Sundew on 26-05-2020 17:38
#1
Hi,
This
Empis from Sunday evening has patterned wings, as shown in the upper picture taken without flash. The fly then flew away to mate, and I got only a few more pictures. - Paul wrote in
https://diptera.i...d_id=83929: "Maculated wings, yellowish red coxae, all black antennae:
E. maculata". However, I am not sure if the antennae of my fly are completely black. And I did not find a description of
E. apicalis, another candidate. So is
E. maculata group the most we can say, or can a species name be found? (The location was southwestern Germany, 20 km west of Stuttgart.)
Many thanks for your help,
Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 26-05-2020 17:39
Posted by Sundew on 26-05-2020 18:00
#2
Here is another male from the same day and location, eaten by a crab spider (
Diaea dorsata).
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-06-2020 07:18
#5
I think
maculata and
variegata are the only two with maculated wings in the subgenus that occur in Germany.
Posted by Sundew on 16-06-2020 14:52
#6
Thanks, Paul! According to Chvala (1994),
A. variegata has black coxae that are densely grey dusted, whereas the
E. maculata in
https://www.bioli...nid=120783 has red coxae like mine. So I think
E. maculata is the right name.