Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-04-2005 11:32
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elck wrote:
Is this the right place to ask members the names of various flies?
The right place is where I have moved the thread to: Identification queries | Diptera (adults)
Gerard Pennards wrote:
Hoi Elck,
The upper photo shows an Empididae, most probably Empis tessellata!
Well, it is not
Empis tessellata. The fork in the posterior radial vein (R4+5) is absent, so it must be a species of
Rhamphomyia. The colour pattern in the wing makes me think of
R. cinerascens, of which the females have a partly darkened base of the wing. However, the first question I should then ask is 'when was the picture taken?'.